List of the best Joan Sims movies: Carry on Dick(1974), Carry on Abroad(1972), Carry on Girls(1973), Carry On ... Up the Khyber(1968), Carry on at Your Convenience(1971), Carry on Henry VIII(1971), Nurse on Wheels(1963), Don't Just Lie There, Say Something(1973), Carry on Regardless(1963), Carry on Behind(1975), Carry on Up the Jungle(1970), Carry on Camping(1969) ... ...
Comedy
UK
1974
91 Minutes
Madame Desirée
Sidney James Joan Sims Kenneth Connor Barbara Windsor Kenneth Williams Hattie Jacques Bernard Bresslaw
robber reverend king criminal rival officer amusing cheeky madcap melodramatic outlandish quirky england countryside highway rectory inn crime robbery robbery attempt
Dick Turpin is terrorising the countryside around Upper Dencher. Captain Fancey and Sergeant Jock Strapp plan to put an end to his escapades, and enlist the help of the Reverend Flasher. ... See full summary »
Comedy
1972
89 Minutes
Cora Flange
Sidney James Joan Sims Kenneth Williams Charles Hawtrey Bernard Bresslaw Barbara Windsor Kenneth Connor
bar owner young woman wife husband hotel manager young man cheeky creative lighthearted playful spain hotel hotel room bus brothel holidays traveling misunderstanding hotel temptation
Comedy
1973
88 Minutes
Connie Philpotts
Sidney James Joan Sims Kenneth Connor Barbara Windsor Bernard Bresslaw June Whitfield Peter Butterworth Jack Douglas Patsy Rowlands Joan Hickson Valerie Leon
council member feminist mayor wife hotel manager hotel guest cheeky hilarious playful witty small town hotel meeting room england united kingdom beauty pageant bikinis feminism tourism crisis
Comedy
UK
1968
87 Minutes
Lady Ruff-Diamond
Sidney James Kenneth Williams Joan Sims Charles Hawtrey Roy Castle Bernard Bresslaw Peter Butterworth Terry Scott Angela Douglas Cardew Robinson
british colonial official wife husband officer indian amusing charming cheeky endearing gripping hilarious india house mountain outdoor concert city colonial india colonialism relationships pride
Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khyber Pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think they were safe but the Khazi of Kalabar has other ideas.
Comedy
UK
1971
90 Minutes
Chloe Moore
Sidney James Kenneth Williams Joan Sims Charles Hawtrey Hattie Jacques Bernard Bresslaw Kenneth Cope Patsy Rowlands Jacki Piper Richard O'Callaghan Bill Maynard
business owner daughter son husband wife bird amusing cheeky melodramatic quirky spirited witty warehouse factory city house business struggle money relationships
This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs' Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat; eventually everyone has to get fed up ... See full summary »
Romance, Comedy
UK
1971
89 Minutes
Queen Marie
Sidney James Kenneth Williams Joan Sims Charles Hawtrey Barbara Windsor Terry Scott Kenneth Connor Julian Holloway Peter Gilmore Julian Orchard David Davenport
henry viii king queen husband wife amusing charming hilarious lighthearted melodramatic offbeat court castle kingdom bedroom chamber marriage love affair plot
This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs' Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat; eventually everyone has to get fed up ... See full summary »
Romance
UK
1963
86 Minutes
Deborah Walcott
Juliet Mills Ronald Lewis Joan Sims Noel Purcell Raymond Huntley Jim Dale
nurse farmer land owner villager campy charming cheeky playful village rural community england village life land ownership love rural life health underdog love 1960s
Quietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrain mother to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse. She soon overcomes the suspicion of her patients used to ... See full summary »
Comedy
1973
91 Minutes
Birdie, Lady "Birdie" Mainwaring-Brown
Brian Rix Leslie Phillips Joan Sims
Fighting the restrictions placed on them by their elders, radicals clash with politicians upholding the legal system.
Comedy
1963
87 Minutes
Sidney James Kenneth Connor Joan Sims Liz Fraser Charles Hawtrey Kenneth Williams
unemployed person staff member office worker administrator landlord friend amusing cheeky engaging lighthearted playful quirky london agency house city street hospital unemployment job
The head (Sidney James) of a London service agency puts his staff to tasks like walking a chimp and modeling underwear.
Comedy
1975
90 Minutes
Daphne Barnes
Elke Sommer Kenneth Williams Joan Sims Bernard Bresslaw Jack Douglas Windsor Davies
student professor archaeologist husband wife friend amusing airy cheeky cheery quirky playful caravan park camp tent archaeological dig comedy mishaps vacation
A Russian beauty (Elke Sommer) helps a British professor (Kenneth Williams) on a Roman dig during the holiday season.
Comedy
1970
90 Minutes
Lady Evelyn Bagley
Frankie Howerd Sidney James Joan Sims Charles Hawtrey Terry Scott Kenneth Connor Bernard Bresslaw Jacki Piper Valerie Leon Edwina Carroll
A British professor (Frankie Howerd) and his safari find cannibals and a tribe of wild women looking for mates.
Comedy
UK
1969
88 Minutes
Joan Fussey
Sidney James Kenneth Williams Bernard Bresslaw Joan Sims Barbara Windsor Terry Scott Charles Hawtrey Hattie Jacques Julian Holloway Dilys Laye Peter Butterworth
friend girlfriend camper college student best friend farmer amusing charming cheery playful melodramatic outlandish camp tent field office united kingdom camping relationships romance
Farcical misadventures by guests in an English holiday centre.
Comedy
France|Italy
1960
87 Minutes
Beryl
Ted Ray Jean Kent Leslie Phillips Joan Sims Julia Lockwood Tim Seely Charles Hawtrey Dilys Laye Lionel Jeffries June Jago Colin Gordon
neighbor teenager daughter suburban girl suburbanite amusing hilarious lighthearted suburb suburbia suburbs united kingdom england suburban life small town writing literature success discovery growing up
Sophie, a flighty young model, learns that her boyfriend is planning to leave her for another woman. Sophie resolves to either win him back or assassinate her rival. A handsome doctor (who ... See full summary »
Comedy
1966
97 Minutes
Emily Bung
Harry H. Corbett Kenneth Williams Fenella Fielding Joan Sims Charles Hawtrey Jim Dale Angela Douglas Peter Butterworth Bernard Bresslaw Jon Pertwee Tom Clegg
ghoul monster madman vampire detective shocking thrilling airy amusing hilarious castle forest parody horror monsters kidnapping investigation mystery adventure escape
A British sleuth (Harry H. Corbett) and his sidekick find monsters at the mansion of a mad doctor (Kenneth Williams) and his sister (Fenella Fielding).
Comedy
UK
1969
88 Minutes
Sidney James Kenneth Williams Jim Dale Charles Hawtrey Joan Sims Barbara Windsor Hattie Jacques Patsy Rowlands Peter Butterworth Elizabeth Knight Patricia Hayes
doctor actress rival patient airy amusing charming hilarious heartwarming hospital south sea island diet secret jealousy rivalry rise fall love pursuit
Farcical misadventures by guests in an English holiday centre.
Comedy
UK
1965
88 Minutes
Mildred Gamely
Sidney James Sylvia Syms Dick Emery Lance Percival Joan Sims Jim Dale Edina Ronay Deryck Guyier Brian Rawlinson Reginald Beckwith David Horne
bank robbers prisoner police captain girlfriend airy amusing hilarious charming prison police station bank bank robbery life after prison prison release money love rise revenge quest adventure
An inept gang of bank robbers, led by George The Brain, are caught and sentenced to 15 years hard labour each. When they are released from prison they start out to collect the money they ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1959
86 Minutes
Sarah Allcock
Kenneth Connor Charles Hawtrey Ted Ray Leslie Phillips Joan Sims Kenneth Williams Hattie Jacques Rosalind Knight
headmaster student inspector child psychologist english teacher music teacher amusing cheeky witty lighthearted madcap crafty england sabotage education teaching humor job hunting student-teacher relationship discovery
Pupils run amok at Maudlin Street School in an attempt to hang on to their headmaster. He has applied for a new job, but the students like him and don't want to lose him.
Kids & Family, Adventure
UK|USA
1975
93 Minutes
Emily
Peter Ustinov Helen Hayes Clive Revill Derek Nimmo Joan Sims Bernard Bresslaw Natasha Pyne Roy Kinnear Joss Ackland Deryck Guyler Andrew Dove
nanny secret service agent british woman chinese man officer lord amusing engaging lighthearted madcap offbeat winsome museum london chinese restaurant heist secret service theft unlikely allies hostages
A suspected Western spy steals a secret microfilm from China and hides it in the skeleton of a museum dinosaur, prompting a frantic search for it by various interested parties.
Comedy
1965
94 Minutes
Belle Armitage
Sidney James Kenneth Williams Jim Dale Charles Hawtrey Joan Sims Angela Douglas
cowboy rival mayor horse friend community member amusing cheeky cheery lighthearted melodramatic playful wild west saloon house camp wilderness wild west show rivalry crime
The government sends a sanitary engineer (Jim Dale) to clean up Stodge City, run by the outlaw Rumpo Kid (Sidney James).
Comedy
1970
89 Minutes
Esme Crowfoot
Sidney James Kenneth Williams Hattie Jacques Charles Hawtrey Joan Sims Terry Scott Richard O'Callaghan Bernard Bresslaw Jacki Piper Imogen Hassall Julian Holloway
agency director girlfriend seamstress bachelor detective housekeeper amusing lighthearted madcap hilarious cheeky witty england dating innuendo sex new love humor british life discovery
A couple posing as man and wife runs a phony matrimonial agency and attempts to pair off unlikely and varied clients.
Comedy
1973
89 Minutes
Mrs Tidey
Sidney James Kenneth Williams Hattie Jacques Charles Hawtrey Joan Sims Bernard Bresslaw Kenneth Cope Terry Scott Barbara Windsor Kenneth Connor Jacki Piper
Hilarity ensues when the "Carry On" gang invades a maternity hospital to steal its stock of birth control pills.
Comedy
UK
1957
86 Minutes
Phoebe
Norman Wisdom Margaret Rutherford Jill Dixon Leslie Phillips Delphi Lawrence Joan Sims Edward Chapman Peter Copley Vic Wise Marjorie Rhodes
assistant love interest bookie secretary partner jockey amusing madcap london jewelry shop racetrack café betting horse racing jewelry engagement money love rise 1950s
Norman Hackett (Norman Wisdom) works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dresser across the road from his workshop. He wants to buy her a ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1956
75 Minutes
Violet Tarbottom
Ronald Shiner Diane Hart James Hayter Ursula Howells Jean Cadell Joan Sims
A man invents a new cleaning machine. His brother in law offers to help him promote it and they get help from the Purity League.
Comedy
1957
92 Minutes
Terry-Thomas Peter Sellers Peggy Mount Dennis Price Shirley Eaton Joan Sims Miles Malleson Moultrie Kelsall John Stuart
journalist lord model scientist tv personality writer hilarious madcap wild blimp london prison journalism blackmail greed murder plot revenge adventure 1950s
A British lord (Terry-Thomas), a TV star (Peter Sellers) and a novelist (Peggy Mount) want to kill the publisher of a tabloid called The Naked Truth.
Comedy
1961
90 Minutes
Hortense
Terry-Thomas Janette Scott Wilfrid Hyde-White Nicole Maurey Billy Lambert Joan Sims Kenneth Connor Meier Tzelniker
Reggie finds inspiration in the adventures of Charles Lunton, even though most of them are embellished or entirely fictitious.
Comedy
1964
92 Minutes
Calpurnia
Kenneth Williams Amanda Barrie Kenneth Connor Sidney James Charles Hawtrey Joan Sims Julie Stevens Victor Maddern Sheila Hancock David Davenport Michael Ward
roman fighter cleopatra amusing airy campy cheeky cheery hilarious witty rome ancient rome invasion roman empire capture slapstick comedy revenge rivalry ancient rome
Julius Caesar (Kenneth Williams) cavorts with Cleopatra (Amanda Barrie), then figures out who his friends are.
Comedy
UK
1960
86 Minutes
WPC. Gloria Passworthy
Sidney James Eric Barker Kenneth Connor Charles Hawtrey Kenneth Williams Leslie Phillips Joan Sims Hattie Jacques
police officers recruit bumbler rookie police chief rookie cop hilarious lighthearted airy amusing heartwarming charming police station prison office new recruits police work bumbling romance comedy
Set in Haven Hospital where a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital put together. The formidable Matron's debut gives the patients a chill every time she walks ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1967
95 Minutes
Zig-Zig
Phil Silvers Jim Dale Peter Butterworth Charles Hawtrey Kenneth Williams Anita Harris Joan Sims Bernard Bresslaw Angela Douglas John Bluthal Larry Taylor
wealthy man legionnaire cricket player sargeant amusing witty lighthearted hilarious cricket match cheating sports cricket foreign legion discovery adventure quest pursuit rivalry 1960s
A bogus legionnaire proves his mettle during an Arab attack.
Comedy
UK
1960
93 Minutes
Dawn
Michael Craig James Robertson Justice Virginia Maskell Carole Lesley Leslie Phillips Reginald Beckwith Joan Sims Liz Fraser Nicholas Phipps Ambrosine Philpotts
doctor nurse surgeon medical director medical student sick child campy charming endearing heartwarming melodramatic hospital united kingdom hospital love forbidden love love 1960s
Doctors Burke (Leslie Phillips) and Hare (Michael Craig) leave the confines of St. Swithin's for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness anti-cold... See full summary »
Comedy
1961
100 Minutes
Blodwen
Michael Craig Anne Heywood Mylène Demongeot James Robertson Justice Claudia Cardinale Sidney James Joan Hickson Joan Sims Joseph Tomelty Nora Nicholson Daniel Massey
British newlyweds (Michael Craig, Anne Heywood) discover hiring suitable servants is harder than they think.
Comedy
1996
97 Minutes
Mrs. Umney
Patrick Stewart Neve Campbell Edward Wiley Cherie Lunghi Ciaran Fitzgerald Raymond Pickard Donald Sinden Joan Sims Daniel Betts
duke father ghost brother daughter teen girl creative creepy fascinating spectacular castle england curse romance family supernatural unlikely friendship mystery discovery rescue
A jaded American family frustrates the ghost (Patrick Stewart) trying to scare them from his 400-year-old English manor.
Comedy
UK
1962
81 Minutes
Colette
Peter Sellers Nadia Gray Herbert Lom Leo McKern Martita Hunt Michael Gough Anne Leon Billie Whitelaw Joan Sims John Neville
teacher actress city official headmaster daughter baroness amusing offbeat france small town hotel classroom corruption honesty business swindling teaching rise transformation revenge
A poor but proud French teacher gets fired after refusing to modify the grades of a rich student. As this could be the opportunity to exploit his honesty, Castel Benac hires Topaze as a managing director for a shady business.
Comedy
1952
84 Minutes
Beryl
George Cole Veronica Hurst Heather Thatcher Jon Pertwee James Hayter William Hartnell Sidney James Diana Decker Joan Sims Brian Oulton Alan Badel
bank employee grump magician hypnotist wife cheater amusing hilarious lighthearted madcap outlandish london bank theater unintended consequences hypnosis bad behavior mishaps mystery rescue
Crime, Comedy, Romance, Drama
UK
1956
96 Minutes
Lady Barber
David Niven Genevieve Page Ronald Squire Beatrice Straight Wilfrid Hyde-White Howard Marion-Crawford Dorothy Alison Miles Malleson Richard Wattis Joan Sims
Spoiler: Roger Tweakham, a married accountant leading a hum-drum life gets involved with a motivating model, 'tweaks' the books of a stocking-factory whose owner he likes so it will show a ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1960
90 Minutes
Shirley Eaton Kenneth Connor Charles Hawtrey Kenneth Williams Terence Longdon Bill Owen Leslie Phillips Cyril Chamberlain Brian Oulton Wilfrid Hyde-White Hattie Jacques
nurse colonel matron student doctor campy hospital ambulance camp betting hospital adventure 1950s
Set in Haven Hospital where a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital put together. The formidable Matron's debut gives the patients a chill every time she walks ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1971
107 Minutes
Alfie Bass Sheila Bernette Ian Carmichael Harry H. Corbett Julie Ege Bruce Forsyth Ronald Fraser Roy Hudd Cheryl Kennedy Stephen Lewis Spike Milligan
This early Seventies British comedy takes us through seven short stories based on the Seven Deadly Sins. This film is a montage of different styles, from Spike Milligan's mainly silent "... See full summary »