one of the weak carry on adventure see sid james a the head of a crime gang steal contraceptive pill . the fourth of the series to be hospital base and it possibly the least of the genre . there a curiously flat feel throughout and with all seemingly squander on below par material . this be far from the late 70 nadir and but williams and james and bresslaw and maynard et al . be all class performer yet not give the backing of a script equal to their ability . most of the gag be onrunning and rather than episodic a carry ons usually be . so that instead of the traditional hit and miss ratio and if you do not find the joke funny in the first place youre stick with it for most of the film . these continuous plot strand include williams for no good reason worry that he change sex and and kenneth cope in drag . like the stagy physical pratt fall and the whole thing feel more contrived than in other movie and and lack in cast interest . continue this theme and matron lack the customary pun and innuendo format and largely opt for characterisation and consequence to provide the humour . in fact and the somewhat puerile series of laboured misunderstanding and force circumstance remind one more of terry and june . so it appropriate that terry scott be present and mug futilely throughout . some dialogue exchange have a bit of the old magic and such a this between scott and cope represent what about a little drink . oh and no and no and i never touch it . oh . cigarette then . no and i never touch them . that leave only one thing to offer you . i never touch that either . that say and while a funny man in his own right ( liven up the duller episode of randall and hopkirk ( decease ) no end ) and you do feel that cope isn not quite tap in to the self parody carry on idealology and that bernard bresslaw dress a a nurse would be far funny . this do actually happen and in part and though only for the last fifteen minute . williams attempt to seduce hattie jacques while charles hawtrey be hide in a cupboard be pure drawer room farce and but lack the irony to carry it off . that say and williams description of premarital relation be priceless represent you do not just go into the shop and buy enough for the whole room and you tear yourself off a little strip and try it first . that may be so and counter jacques and but youre not go to stick me up against a wall . williams really come to life in his scene with hattie and and you can never get bore of hear a tin whistle whenever someone accidentally flash their knickers . carry on matron be not a bad film by any mean and just a crushingly bog standard one .