Carry On Dick Carry On Dick Carry On Dick is the 26th in the series of "Carry On" films to be made. The story is based on the Dick Turpin legend and features Turpin (James) as an antihero, attempting to evade capture by the authorities. "Carry On Dick" was released in July 1974 and marked the end of an era for the series. It features the last appearances of Sid James (after nineteen appearances in the series), Hattie Jacques (fourteen appearances) and Barbara Windsor (nine appearances), although all three would appear in the "Carry On Laughing" TV series and Windsor would co-present a
Dick-a-Dick the 1880s. Additionally, in "Cricket Walkabout", their book on the 1868 tour, Rex Harcourt and John Mulvaney state that he "probably died about the mid-1890s." A book based on Dick-a-Dick's rescue of the Duff children, "Lost in the Bush", was published and remained on the Victorian school curriculum for many years. A plaque commemorating the role Dick-a-Dick played in the rescue of the children was erected near Mitre Rock, Nhill, Victoria. Dick-a-Dick's great-grandson William John Kennedy was a leading activist for Australian Aboriginal causes who was named "Male Elder of the Year" at the 2003 National NAIDOC Week Awards. Dick-a-Dick