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* HarsherInHindsight: Seeing Creator/CharlesHawtrey play a character nicknamed "Pintpot" feels a lot less funny when you remember that in his later years, Hawtrey's alcoholism killed his career and left him poor and friendless until his death.

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** Smiley Sims is played by Creator/BillOwen, who would later be best known for playing Compo Simmonite in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine''.


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** Smiley Sims is played by Creator/BillOwen, who would later be best known for playing Compo Simmonite in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine''.
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** The film displays the sexist way women in the workforce were treated at the time (Peg is expected to StayInTheKitchen, Flo isn't allowed to drive her husband's cab), which culminates in Peg making a stand and starting [=GlamCabs=], her own taxi business run exclusively by women.

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** The film displays the sexist way women in the workforce were treated at the time (Peg is expected to StayInTheKitchen, Flo isn't allowed to drive her husband's cab), which culminates in Peg making a stand and starting [=GlamCabs=], Glamcabs, her own taxi business run exclusively by women.
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** A dumb driver is played by Carole Shelley, who would later be best known for playing Gwendolyn Pigeon in ''Theatre/TheOddCouple''.

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** A dumb driver Gloria is played by Carole Shelley, who would later be best known for playing Gwendolyn Pigeon in ''Theatre/TheOddCouple''.
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** The film displays the sexist way women in the workforce were treated at the time, which culminates in Peggy making a stand and starting [=GlamCabs=], her own taxi business run exclusively by women.

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** The film displays the sexist way women in the workforce were treated at the time, time (Peg is expected to StayInTheKitchen, Flo isn't allowed to drive her husband's cab), which culminates in Peggy Peg making a stand and starting [=GlamCabs=], her own taxi business run exclusively by women.
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** The film displays the sexist way women in the workforce were treated at the time, which culminates in Peggy making a stand and starting [=GlamCabs=], her own taxi business run exclusively by women.
** At the start of the film, Charlie calls the battleaxe woman he has riding in his cab a "faggot" several times.
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** A dumb driver is played by Carole Shelley, who would later be best known for playing Gwendolyn Pigeon in ''Theatre/TheOddCouple''.
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** Dancy is played by Creator/PeterGilmore, who would later be best known for playing Captain James Onedin in ''Series/TheOnedinLine''.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Smiley Sims is played by Creator/BillOwen, who would later be best known for playing Compo Simmonite in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine''.

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Smiley Sims is played by Creator/BillOwen, who would later be best known for playing Compo Simmonite in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine''.''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine''.
** Anthea is played by Creator/AmandaBarrie, who would later be best known for playing Alma Halliwell in ''Series/CoronationStreet''.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Smiley Sims is played by Bill Owen, who would later be best known for playing Compo Simmonite in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine''.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Smiley Sims is played by Bill Owen, Creator/BillOwen, who would later be best known for playing Compo Simmonite in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine''.
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* CommonKnowledge: On the DVDCommentary for ''Film/ThatsCarryOn'', producer Creator/PeterRogers reveals that the legend that Creator/CharlesHawtrey had to be taught how to drive during the production of the film and caused chaos in the studio carpark wasn't true.

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* CommonKnowledge: On the DVDCommentary for ''Film/ThatsCarryOn'', producer Creator/PeterRogers reveals that the legend that Creator/CharlesHawtrey had to be taught how to drive during the production of the film and caused chaos in the studio carpark wasn't true.true.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Smiley Sims is played by Bill Owen, who would later be best known for playing Compo Simmonite in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine''.
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* CommonKnowledge: On the DVDCommentary for ''Film/ThatsCarryOn'', producer Creator/PeterRogers reveals that the legend that Creator/CharlesHawtrey had to be taught how to drive during the production of the film and caused chaos in the studio carpark wasn't true.

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