Carry On Cabby
- 1963 film
Sid James stars as the proprietor of a successful cab firm. Suddenly a new taxi company arrive in town, and they have a secret weapon. Also features Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Esma Cannon, Liz Fraser and more.
- Repeated tomorrow at 5pm on Film4
Carry On Cabby trivia
The Speedee Cabs fleet of cars are Austin FX3s, first produced for Britain's roads in 1949.
The property '5 Wilbur Place' is in fact Queen Victoria's Royal Waiting Room at Windsor & Eton Riverside railway station.
Based on a story by Sid Green and Dick Hills, Carry On Cabby was writer Talbot Rothwell's first film to be included in the series.
Originally produced as Call Me A Cab, the film received the Carry On brand only in post-production, at the insistence of distributor Anglo Amalgamated.
The Glamcabs vehicles are Mark I Ford Consul Cortina Supers, first put into production in 1962.
Charles Hawtrey could drive neither car nor moped before his appearance in Cabby, and had to learn both in the run up to filming.