Goldsmith Make-up – George Blackler Costume Designer – Joan Ellacott Casting Director – Betty White Producer – Peter Rogers Director – Gerald Thomas Filming and locations Filming dates – 28 November 1960 – 17 January 1961 Interiors: Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire Exteriors: The corner of Park Street and Sheet Street in Windsor, Berkshire, doubled for the Helping Hands Agency. The location was used again a decade later for the Wedded Bliss agency in Carry On Loving. Reception The film was the 10th most popular movie at the UK box office in 1961. Variety wrote, "Ingenuity of scriptwriter Norman Hudis is sometimes a bit strained, but he has come up with some sound comedy situations. Hudis' dialog is also lively, relying on a great deal of double meanings, saucy vulgarity and the various personalities of the lengthy cast. Even down to the smallest one, the roles are played by actors well experienced in jumping through the comedy hoops that director Gerald Thomas tosses deftly in the air." Margaret Harford of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film "is too scrambled to be consistently funny but regular addicts of the series will enjoy the obvious humor inherent in any outfit labeled the Helping Hand Employment Agency." The Monthly Film Bulletin opined that "mostly the gags have long since grown old gracelessly in the hallowed tradition of British music-hall and farce. This comedy seems staler, less yeasty than, say, Carry On Nurse. But the series has worked up such popular appeal it can probably coast along on that momentum very nicely for some time, before the public finally calls its bluff." References Bibliography Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema by Simon Sheridan (third edition) (2007) (Reynolds & Hearn Books) External links ''Carry on Regardless' at Britmovie Carry On Regardless at The Whippit Inn 1961 films 1960s English-language films 1961 comedy films Regardless Films directed by Gerald Thomas Films shot at Pinewood Studios British black-and-white films Films produced by Peter Rogers Films with screenplays by Norman Hudis 1960s British films