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Carry On Up The Khyber DVD
Filmed in 1968 and set in British India in 1895 Carry On Up the Khyber is one of the team&s most memorable efforts Sid James plays Sid James as ever though nominally his role is that of Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond the unflappable British Governor who must deal with the snakelike scheming Khasi of Khalabar played by Kenneth Williams A crisis occurs when the mystique of the "devils in skirts" of the 3rd Foot and Mouth regiment is exploded when one of their number the sensitive-to-draughts Charles Hawtrey is discovered by the natives to be wearing underpants Revolt is in the offing with Bernard Bresslaw once again playing a seething native warrior Roy Castle neatly plays the sort of role normally assigned to Jim Dale as the ineffectual young officer Peter Butterworth is a splendid
compromised evangelist while Terry Scott puts his comedic all into the role of the gruff Sergeant Most enduring however is the final dinner party sequence in which the British contingent with the Burpas at the gates of the compound and plaster falling all about them demonstrate typical insouciance in the face of imminent peril The "I&m Backing Britain" Union Jack hoist at the end however over-excitedly reveals the streak of reactionary patriotism that lurked beneath the bumbling double-entendres of most Carry On films --David Stubbs
compromised evangelist while Terry Scott puts his comedic all into the role of the gruff Sergeant Most enduring however is the final dinner party sequence in which the British contingent with the Burpas at the gates of the compound and plaster falling all about them demonstrate typical insouciance in the face of imminent peril The "I&m Backing Britain" Union Jack hoist at the end however over-excitedly reveals the streak of reactionary patriotism that lurked beneath the bumbling double-entendres of most Carry On films --David Stubbs
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