Carry On... Up the Khyber (1968)

Original title

Carry On Up the Khyber

Directed by

Gerald Thomas

Genre

comedy film, war film, parody film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

L

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 91 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a British comedy that makes fun of stories about the British Raj in India. A group of bumbling British soldiers and officials try to keep up appearances with local rulers.

goofylightheartedsillyplayfulfast-pacedcampysatiricalenergetic

What happens

Carry On Up the Khyber is a 1968 British comedy film, the 16th in the series of 31 Carry On films (1958–1992). It stars Carry On regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw and Peter Butterworth. It is the second of two Carry On film appearances by Wanda Ventham; and Roy Castle makes his only Carry On appearance, in the romantic male lead part usually played by Jim Dale. Angela Douglas makes her fourth and final appearance in the series. Terry Scott returned to the series after his minor role in the first film of the series, Carry On Sergeant a decade earlier. The film is, in part, a spoof of Kiplingesque movies and television series about life in the British Raj, both contemporary and from earlier, Hollywood, periods. The title is a play on words in the risqué Carry On tradition, with "Khyber" (short for "Khyber Pass") being rhyming slang for "arse". The film was followed by Carry On Camping (1969). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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