Movie Cosmos - Carry On Up the Khyber

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

Sid James

As Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond

Charles Hawtrey

As Private Widdle

Bernard Bresslaw

As Bungdit Din

Kenneth Williams

As Khasi of Khalabar

Roy Castle

As Captain Keene

Joan Sims

As Lady Joan Ruff-Diamond

Peter Butterworth

As Brother Belcher

Terry Scott

As Sergeant Major MacNutt

Angela Douglas

As Princess Jelhi

Cardew Robinson

As The Fakir

Julian Holloway

As Major Shorthouse

Peter Gilmore

As Private Ginger Hale

Leon Thau

As Stinghi

Wanda Ventham

As Khasi's First Wife

Alexandra Dane

As Busti

Michael Mellinger

As Chindi

Dominique Don

As Macnutt's Lure

Derek Sydney

As Major Domo

Steven Scott

As Burpa Guard

David Spenser

As Bungdit Din's Servant

Patrick Allen

As Narrator

Eve Eden

As Khasi's Wife

Valerie Leon

As Hospitality Girl

Patrick Westwood

As Burpa

Douglas Fielding

As Burpa in Crowd

Top Crew >

Gerald Thomas

Director

Talbot Rothwell

Screenplay

Weston Drury Jr.

Casting

Alex Vetchinsky

Art Direction

Emma Selby-Walker

Costume Design

Stella Rivers

Hairdresser

Geoffrey Rodway

Makeup Artist

Jack Swinburne

Production Manager

Peter Weingreen

Assistant Director

Ivor Powell

Second Assistant Director

John Chisholm

Props

Freda Pearson

Set Dresser

Richard Rambaut

Assistant Art Director

Ken Barker

Sound Recordist

Robert T. MacPhee

Sound Recordist

Colin Miller

Sound Editor

Charles Arnold

Sound

Nicolas Le Messurier

Sound Assistant

Charlie McFadden

Boom Operator

Otto Snel

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

James Bawden

Camera Operator

Neil Binney

Camera Operator

Bob Thompson

Director of Photography

Keith Blake

Clapper Loader

Harry Gillard

Still Photographer

Fred Graver

Grip

Anthony Pavey

Clapper Loader

Bill Walpole

Electrician

Dorothy Edwards

Wardrobe Supervisor

Margaret Lewin

Wardrobe Master

Jack Gardner

Assistant Editor

Jean Short

Assistant Editor

Eric Rogers

Conductor, Music

Yvonne Richards

Continuity

Gladys Goldsmith

Continuity

Julie Mendez

Choreographer

Chris Nixon

Unit Publicist

Peter Rogers

Producer

Alfred Roome

Editor

Ernest Steward

Director of Photography

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

When the "Carry On" films had a decent story to underpin their brand of humour, they were aways better - and this one is certainly one of the best. Sidney James is the British Governor of a North West Indian province who is facing a cunning revolt from the outwardly charming, but (not so) secretly devious "Khasi of Kalabar" (Kenneth Williams). If you've ever seen "The Drum" (1938) then you will know the plot - and everyone pulls together well in this comedy swipe at the Raj and and the stiff-upper-lipped members of the "Third Foot-and-Mouth Regiment". I was never the biggest fan of Roy Castle, but he is quite effective here as are the regulars - especially Joan Sims and Bernard Bresslaw as henchman "Bungdit Din". The Welsh valleys pass well enough for the Himalayas, and the jokes and action come thick and fast enough to raise plenty of smiles before an ending that will make any Scotsman cringe. Like all of this franchise, it has dated badly, but taken in the spirit it was intended, it is still an half decent collegiate effort that I quite enjoy watching now and again.

2023-06-03