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Amazon.co.uk Review 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
Product Description British forces face the hostile Afghan
tribesmen in this tale of the North-West frontier during the days
of the British Raj. With Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charlie
Hawtrey and Joan Sims.
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