Carry On Girls Carry On Girls Carry On Girls is the 25th in the series of "Carry On" films to be made, released in Britain in 1973. The film is notable for being the first "Carry On" to feature neither Kenneth Williams nor Charles Hawtrey. Williams was appearing in a West End play, "My Fat Friend". Hawtrey had been dropped from the series the previous year. The film features regulars Sid James, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Bernard Bresslaw and Peter Butterworth. Patsy Rowlands makes her seventh appearance in the series. Jack Douglas makes his third appearance, this time upgraded to a
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