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set in the wild west , this carry on centres around the arrival of the rumpo kid ( sidney james ) and his cronies in stodge city .
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his dodgy dealings and summary shootings aggravate judge burke ( kenneth williams ) so much that he asks sheriff albert earp ( jon pertwee ) to drive rumpo out of town .
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instead , the rumpo kid shoots the sheriff dead .
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therefore , judge burke sends for a law marshall to come in and clean up the city .
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due to a misunderstanding , an english sanitary engineer called marshall p . knutt ( jim dale ) is assigned , without knowing it , as the law marshall for stodge city .
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he arrives at the same time as annie oakley ( angela douglas ) who is seeking revenge for her father , the sheriff's murder .
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when marshall arrives at stodge city , he soon becomes aware of the misunderstanding and due to his rather limited intellect , he is manipulated by the rumpo kid and always ends up getting things wrong .
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in the end , there is a head-to-head between rumpo and marshall .
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with the rumpo's past experience , it would seem that marshall is out of his depth , but using his sanitary skills and learning the ways of the west from annie oakley , he at least stands some chance !
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sid james , with an american accent , is perfect as the rumpo kid , a part which suits him down to the ground .
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jim dale provides one of his best carry on performances as the stupid sanitary engineer , and angela douglas is very effective in her role as the revengeful daughter .
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other regulars that appear in this movie include charles hawtrey and bernard bresslaw ( in his debut ) as big heap and little heap respectively .
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big heap is the local indian leader and the crazy casting of hawtrey for this part is very amusing , as is his performance : - he steals every scene he is in even though he does not enter the film until thirty minutes past .
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joan sims provides useful and amusing support as belle , the local bar owner who takes a fancy to the rumpo kid .
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however , the part of doc played by peter butterworth and sheriff albert earp played by jon pertwee are not really necessary , and pertwee's performance is rather poor .
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kenneth williams uses a new voice but struggles with the weak part of the 'judge' .
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even so , this carry on was sid james and kenneth williams' favourite .
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a very different carry on film , in that it is played more seriously by the actors and possesses more realism than any other carry on .
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the death count is the highest of any carry on film .
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sets , costumes and action sequences are all very commendable .
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the songs that are included in the movie ( the title song and annie's song ) are very impressive .
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a strange but therefore very interesting carry on film .
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not the best of its kind but it is certainly the most distinctive film of the series .
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