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Gerald Thomas
Director 1920 - 1993

Gerald Thomas

Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK

Gerald Thomas (10 December 1920 – 9 November 1993) was an English film director, born in Hull. He began his film career in 1946 as an editor for Two Cities Films at Denham Studios. His editing work included many films directed by his brother, Ralph. Despite a fairly varied... Read full bio →

Directed Films

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44 titles
Carry on Columbus

Carry on Columbus

Gerald Thomas 1992 1h 31m 3.0

Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance his expedition...

Carry on Emmannuelle

Carry on Emmannuelle

Gerald Thomas 1978 1h 28m 3.0

The beautiful and sex-starved Emmannuelle Prevert just cannot inflame her husband's ardour. In frustration she seduces a string of VIPs, including the Prime Minister and the American Ambassador. A jealous lover gives a list of all her conquests to the national press and a scandal ensues. But will she ever manage to get her own husband into bed?

That's Carry On!

That's Carry On!

Gerald Thomas 1977 1h 35m

Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film studios to unwrap some rib-tickling moments from the series.

Carry on England

Carry on England

Gerald Thomas 1976 1h 29m 4.0

Captain S. Melly takes over as the new Commanding Officer at an experimental mixed sex air defence base. It's 1940 and England is under heavy bombardment, but the crew seem more interested in each other than the enemy planes above.

Carry on Behind

Carry on Behind

Gerald Thomas 1975 1h 30m 6.0

The Carry on Gang doing archaeology at a camping site.

Carry on Dick

Carry on Dick

Gerald Thomas 1974 1h 31m 6.0

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. Little do they know that the priest leads a double life. Then Madame Desiree and her "Birds of Paradise" arrive in the village...

Carry on Girls

Carry on Girls

Gerald Thomas 1973 1h 28m 7.0

Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.

Carry on Matron

Carry on Matron

Gerald Thomas 1972 1h 27m 6.0

A gang of thieves plan to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from Finisham maternity hospital. They assume disguises and infiltrate the hospital, but everything doesn't go according to plan.

Carry on Abroad

Carry on Abroad

Gerald Thomas 1972 1h 28m 7.0

A group of holidaymakers head for the Spanish resort of Elsbels for a 4-day visit. When they get there, they find the Hotel still hasn't been finished being built, and the weather is awful. And there is something strange about the staff—they all look very similar.

Bless This House

Bless This House

Gerald Thomas 1972 1h 27m 6.0

The legendary Sid James stars as the head of a chaotic household in this movie spin-off from the hit ITV sitcom. Sid Abbott and his best mate Trevor (Peter Butterworth) enjoy home-brewing. Plans to turn their hobby into a profitable, if illicit, sideline come unstuck when a Customs and Excise officer (Terry Scott) moves in next door!

Carry on at Your Convenience

Carry on at Your Convenience

Gerald Thomas 1971 1h 30m 5.0

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 with him. This is also the ideal opportunity for lots of lavatorial jokes...

Carry on Henry

Carry on Henry

Gerald Thomas 1971 1h 29m 6.0

Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately for Henry, she is always eating garlic, and refuses to stop. Deciding to get rid of her in his usual manner, Henry has to find some way of doing it without provoking war with Marie's cousin, the King of France. Perhaps if she had an affair...

Carry on Up the Jungle

Carry on Up the Jungle

Gerald Thomas 1970 1h 29m 7.0

The Carry On team send up the Tarzan tradition in great style. Lady Evelyn Bagley mounts an expedition to find her long-lost baby. Bill Boosey is the fearless hunter and guide. Prof. Tinkle is searching for the rare Oozalum bird.

Carry on Loving

Carry on Loving

Gerald Thomas 1970 1h 28m 7.0

The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much-Snoggin-in-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough complications in his own love life, but still produces a pamphlet called "The Wit to Woo". The strange collection of hopefuls lead to some outlandish matches, and jealousies are bound to lead to trouble

Carry on Camping

Carry on Camping

Gerald Thomas 1969 1h 28m 7.5

Sid and Bernie plan a camping trip with girlfriends Joan and Anthea, hoping to visit a nudist camp. They stumble upon a bizarre group of campers, including sex-starved schoolgirls and hippie bands, leading to hilarious misadventures.

Carry on Again Doctor

Carry on Again Doctor

Gerald Thomas 1969 1h 25m 7.0

Dr Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back to England to fame and fortune. But others want to cash in on his good fortunes, and some just want him brought down a peg or two.

Carry On... Up the Khyber

Carry On... Up the Khyber

Gerald Thomas 1968 1h 28m 6.0

Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khybar pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think they were safe, but the Khazi of Kalabar has other ideas—he wants all the British dead. But his troops fear the 'skirted-devils, who are rumoured not to wear any underwear.

Follow That Camel

Follow That Camel

Gerald Thomas 1967 1h 35m 5.0

Bertram Oliphant 'Bo' West wants to clear his unjustly smeared reputation, so he joins the Foreign Legion—with Simpson his manservant in tow. But the fort they get posted to is full of eccentric legionnaires, and there's trouble brewing with the locals too. Unbeknown to Bo, his lady love has followed him in disguise.

Don't Lose Your Head

Don't Lose Your Head

Gerald Thomas 1967 1h 37m 5.0

Amidst the French revolution, Citizen Robespierre is beheading the aristocracy! When word gets to England, noblemen Sir Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy Pue take it upon themselves to aid their French counterparts. Sir Rodney is a master of disguise, and becomes 'The Black Fingernail' scourge of Camembert and Bidet, leaders of the French secret police.

Carry on Doctor

Carry on Doctor

Gerald Thomas 1967 1h 34m 7.0

Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his performance and ends up in hospital under the care of Dr Tinkle. The hospital is about to enter a period of total chaos.

Carry on Screaming!

Carry on Screaming!

Gerald Thomas 1966 1h 37m 6.0

Carry on gang B-grade horror move farce

Carry on Cowboy

Carry on Cowboy

Gerald Thomas 1966 1h 33m 5.0

Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a "sanitary engineer" (plumber) by the name of Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal! Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable.

The Big Job

The Big Job

Gerald Thomas 1965 1h 28m 6.0

A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge from prison intent on retrieving their stolen loot - and discover a police station has been built over its hiding place.

Carry on Spying

Carry on Spying

Gerald Thomas 1964 1h 27m 6.0

Carry On favourite Barbara Windsor makes her debut in this outrageous send-up of the James Bond movies. Fearless agent Desmond Simpkins and Charlie Bind, aided and abetted by the comely Agent Honeybutt and Agent Crump, battle against the evil powers of international bad guys STENCH and their three cronies.

Carry on Cleo

Carry on Cleo

Gerald Thomas 1964 1h 34m 7.0

Two Britons are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. Hengist Pod creates useless inventions...

The Iron Maiden

The Iron Maiden

Gerald Thomas 1963 1h 38m 6.0

During a steam engine race, an American airline firm plans to buy a new British passenger plane, but the deal hits trouble when the designer and the daughter of the Airline owner take an instant dislike to each other after a crash.

Nurse on Wheels

Nurse on Wheels

Gerald Thomas 1963 1h 25m 6.0

Young nurse Joanna relocates with her troubled mother, gains skeptical patients' trust, becoming their preferred healthcare provider, while romantically involved with local farmer in rural village setting.

Carry on Cabby

Carry on Cabby

Gerald Thomas 1963 1h 31m 6.0

A taxi company is threatened when an all-female firm sets itself up in business and starts to steal their customers.

Carry On Jack

Carry On Jack

Gerald Thomas 1963 1h 27m 5.0

Able seaman Poop-Decker signs up for adventure on the high seas with the wicked Captain Fearless. Those swabbing the decks include Juliet Mills, Charles Hawtrey and Donald Houston. The film was originally to be titled Up the Armada, but the British Board of Film Censors objected to such a rude title.

Twice Round the Daffodils

Twice Round the Daffodils

Gerald Thomas 1962 1h 29m

Twice Round the Daffodils is a 1962 British comedy drama film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring Juliet Mills, Donald Sinden, Donald Houston, Kenneth Williams, Ronald Lewis, Andrew Ray, Joan Sims and Jill Ireland. A new group of patients arrive at a hospital to be treated for tuberculosis where they all take a fancy to one of the nurses.

Carry on Cruising

Carry on Cruising

Gerald Thomas, Ralph Thomas 1962 1h 29m 6.0

Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such short notice before the voyage begins there isn't much to choose from. Not only does he get the five most incompetent shipmates ever to sail the seven seas, but the passengers turn out to be a rather strange bunch too.

Raising the Wind

Raising the Wind

Gerald Thomas 1961 1h 31m

'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser and Eric Barker. The film follows the hi-jinks of a group of music students who move into a shared flat in order to cut costs and have somewhere to practice their instruments.

Carry on Regardless

Carry on Regardless

Gerald Thomas, Ralph Thomas 1961 1h 27m 6.0

After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimp's tea party, trying to stay sober at a wine tasting… and demolishing a house.

No Kidding

No Kidding

Gerald Thomas 1960 1h 26m 6.0

A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a money-making proposition. Their solution is to invite the kids of the rich and famous to spend a summer enjoying all the loving care and attention they miss at home.

Carry on Constable

Carry on Constable

Gerald Thomas 1960 1h 26m 5.0

With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station...

Please Turn Over

Please Turn Over

Gerald Thomas 1959 1h 27m 6.0

The orderly suburban life of a 1950's English town is turned on its head when the teenaged daughter of one of the residents writes a steamy bestseller featuring characters obviously based on the local population.

Carry on Teacher

Carry on Teacher

Gerald Thomas 1959 1h 26m 6.0

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.

Carry on Nurse

Carry on Nurse

Gerald Thomas 1959 1h 26m 4.5

In Haven Hospital, a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital altogether. The formidable Matron's debut gives everyone a chill every time she walks past, with only Reckitt standing up to her.

The Solitary Child

The Solitary Child

Gerald Thomas 1958 1h 4m 6.0

A young woman marries a gentleman farmer who may have murdered his first wife.

The Duke Wore Jeans

The Duke Wore Jeans

Gerald Thomas 1958 1h 30m 5.0

A cockney lad pretends to be a nobleman in order to woo a South American princess.

Chain of Events

Chain of Events

Gerald Thomas 1958 1h 2m 6.0

A bank clerk dodges his bus fare. But this small act soon ripples through many lives - at times with catastrophic consequences.

Carry On Sergeant

Carry On Sergeant

Gerald Thomas 1958 1h 24m 5.5

Fall in for the first ever film in the highly successful Carry On comedy series - now an acclaimed British institution. Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey are the prankish misfits who become the hilarious bane of Army Officers existence when he makes a bet he will turn them into 'Star Squad' Award soldiers - or bust!

Time Lock

Time Lock

Gerald Thomas 1957 1h 13m 6.0

A boy is accidentally locked in a bank vault. With less than 10 hours of oxygen left in the vault, it becomes a race to save the boy.

The Vicious Circle

The Vicious Circle

Gerald Thomas 1957 1h 24m 6.0

After Dr. Howard Latimer finds the German actress that he had just met at London Airport murdered in his flat, it leads him into a world of murder, blackmail and a fake passport scam.

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