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Dentist On The Job review by A customer from Cardiff, Wales

Carry on Dentist? 3 May 2005
...fine cross-section of the comedy greats of late 1950s/early 1960s British film: Eric Barker, Richard Wattis, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton, Cyril Chamberl... Read customer review

Eric Barker - filmography

That's Carry On on DVD (1977)
Starring: Kenneth Williams, John Bluthal, Eric Barker
Director: Gerald Thomas
Certificate:
Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the film's best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film studios to unwrap some rib-tickling moments from the series.

59% from 635 members

Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery on DVD (1966)
Starring: Dora Bryan, George Cole, Eric Barker
Director: Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
Certificate:
Leaving a notorious trail of arson behind them, the St. Trinian's schoolgirls are always on the move. Their headmistress is more than 'just friends' with the Minister of Schools. Armed with a government grant, she re-houses her girls in yet another home - Hamingwell Grange. What she doesn't know is ..read more »

71% from 948 members

Maroc 7 (1966)
Starring: Tracy Reed, Anthony Bygraves, Alexandra Stewart
Director: Gerry O'Hara
Certificate:
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1960s crime caper with Gene Barry trying to foil an international jewel thief in the deserts of Morocco. Using her front as the editor of an international fashion magazine, jet-set diamond smuggler Louise Henderson (Cyd Charisse) travels to Morocco to try and spirit a priceless jewel out of the ..read more »

27% from 7 members
Not available for rental

The Bargee on DVD (1964)
Starring: Derek Nimmo, Harry H. Corbett, Eric Sykes
Director: Duncan Wood
Certificate:
1960s British comedy starring Harry H Corbett. Scripted by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson of 'Steptoe and Son' fame, the film charts the course of love of a Casanova (Corbett) who lives and works on the canals, breaking hearts as he cruises the waters.

69% from 238 members

Father Came Too! (1963)
Starring: James Robertson Justice, Sally Smith, Stanley Baxter
Director: Peter Graham Scott
Certificate:
Classic British comedy starring Leslie Phillips and Stanley Baxter. When Dexter Munro (Baxter) and his new wife Juliet (Sally Smith) get married, they decide to escape Juliet's meddling father (James Robertson Justice) by buying a rundown cottage and doing it up themselves. But when the cottage ..read more »

65% from 223 members
Not available for rental

Raising The Wind on DVD (1961)
Starring: James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Kenneth Williams
Director: Gerald Thomas
Certificate:
'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser and Eric Barker. The film follows the hi-jinks of a group of music students who move into a shared flat in order to cut costs ..read more »

66% from 109 members

Dentist On The Job (1961)
Starring: Bob Monkhouse, Eric Barker, Kenneth Connor
Director: C.M. Pennington-Richar, C.M. Pennington-Richards
Certificate:
Bob Monkhouse and Kenneth Connor star in this dental comedy caper. Colonel J.J. Proudfoot (Eric Barker) of Proudfoot Industries is looking for a qualified dentist to endorse his new brand of toothpaste, knowing full well that such an alliance would result in said dentist being struck off poste ..read more »

61% from 312 members
Currently unavailable

On the Fiddle (1961)
Starring: Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Cecil Parker
Director: Cyril Frankel
Certificate:
Cyril Frankel directs this 1960s comedy starring Sean Connery in one of his final pre-Bond roles. It is World War II and layabout Cockney Horace Pope (Alfred Lynch) finds himself forced to enlist in the war effort after one of his schemes backfires. In the RAF he strikes up a friendship with Pedlar ..read more »

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Leslie Philips - The Comic Icons Collect... on DVD (1960)
Starring: Leslie Philips, Joan Sims, David Lodge
Director: Gerald Thomas, Ken Annakin
Certificate:
A navy lark with many of the 'Carry-On' crew in which a ship's steward convinces his admiral he is the brain behind a homing torpedo, but he finds himself in deep water.

63% from 404 members

Dentist In The Chair on DVD (1960)
Starring: Ronnie Stevens, Bob Monkhouse, Eric Barker
Director: Don Chaffey
Certificate:
Bob Monkhouse, Kenneth Connor and Peggy Cummins star in this British comedy favourite about the hi-jinks of the final year dental students at The King Alfred Dental Hospital.

60% from 121 members

Carry On Constable on DVD (1959)
Starring: Sid James, hattie Jacques, Charles Hawtrey
Director: Gerald Thomas
Certificate:
Fourth entry in the 'Carry On' series. Police Sergeant Wilkins (Sid James, in his 'Carry On' debut) has a new batch of inept recruits on his hands, whose idea of covert surveillance involves dressing up in drag. Bumbling PCs include Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Connor and Leslie Phillips.

66% from 1,716 member

Happy Is The Bride (1958)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Irene Handl, Joyce Grenfell
Director: Roy Boulting
Certificate:
Classic Boulting Brothers comedy in which a young couple, soon to marry, find that their wedding arrangements are the business of everyone but themselves.

30% from 9 members
Currently unavailable

Carry On Sergeant on DVD (1958)
Starring: Bill Owen, William Hartnell, Bob Monkhouse
Director: Gerald Thomas
Certificate:
This farce, about a sergeant (William Hartnell) who takes a bet that the last recruits he trains will win the 'Star Squad' award, was the first in what was to become a long and popular series. Inept recruits include Bob Monkhouse, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey and Kenneth Connor.

67% from 1,628 member

Eric Barker facts

5 most recent films

That's Carry On - 3.0 stars
Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery - 3.5 stars
Maroc 7 - 1.5 stars
The Bargee - 3.5 stars
Father Came Too! - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery - 3.5 stars
The Bargee - 3.5 stars
Carry On Sergeant - 3.5 stars
Raising The Wind - 3.5 stars
Carry On Constable - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

On the Fiddle - 3 stars
Maroc 7 - 1.5 stars
Happy Is The Bride - 1.5 stars
That's Carry On - 3.0 stars
Dentist In The Chair - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Leslie Phillips - 7 times - show films
Kenneth Connor - 5 times - show films
Sid James - 3 times - show films
Bob Monkhouse - 3 times - show films
hattie Jacques - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Gerald Thomas - 6 times - show films
Peter Graham Scott - 2 times - show films
Gerry O'Hara - 2 times - show films
C.M. Pennington-Richards - 1 times - show films
Cyril Frankel - 1 times - show films

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