Carry on Matron (1972)

A Carry On comedy set in a maternity hospital, a good entry in the series if not amongst the very best. Sid Carter (Sid James) is a thief who has a plan to steal contraceptive pills from a hospital. Sid sends his son Cyril (Kenneth Cope) into the hospital disguised as a nurse (as its a 1970s film the nurse has to be as a female of course and rather unconvincing). Cyril's first "problem" is that his roommate is Barbara Windsor!

The hospital is nominally run by Dr Cutting (Kenneth Williams) though Matron (Hattie Jacques) is really in charge of course. Will Sid's plan work? Well do we really care amid the endless mayhem, saucy humour and ridiculous antics?

There is nothing really that unusual in the story of this entry in the Carry On series, it certainly doesn't lack for gags and nonsense. A highlight is Mr Tidey (Kenneth Connor), the railway guard and his wife (Joan Sims) who is in no hurry to give birth.