Carry On Up the Kyber (1968)
Comedy
Rating: 4/5 - very good, lots to enjoy
Synopsis
Imperial India, 1890: Whilst observing diplomatic niceties, the British Governor of Kalibar Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond (Sid James) and Kalibar’s legitimate but powerless ruler the Khasi (Kenneth Williams) secretly loathe each other.
When the wimpish Private Widdle (Charles Hawtrey), a solder in the Third Foot and Mouth regiment, famed across the region for their terrifying habit of wearing nothing under their kilts, is discovered to be wearing underpants, a major political incident that could threaten British rule in Kalibar must be averted.
When to see it: Christmas Day, ITV3, 9:15pm
Review by @Reelreviewer
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without three movies on TV: James Bond, Ben-Hur...and a good old Carry On!
Lucky you if you are a Carry On-er - ITV 3 are screening several, back to back, during some of the festive season.
This one, a send-up of Rudyard Kipling stories, chronicles the days of the Rajah and British Imperialism in India as Governor Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond (Sid James) and his wife Joan Sims hold out against the might of the Khasi of Khalibar (Kenneth Williams)
The puns and daft situations are built up perfectly in what is one of the funniest films in the long-running series
Best bits are the infamous kilt-lifting scene and the final sequence. As the Kasi's forces besiege Ruff-Diamond's house the occupants, with true Brit-pluck, continue their dinner.
As the masonry falls on a tipsy Joan Sims, she declares "I do seem to have got a little plastered!"
Unadulterated, barmy bliss.
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Cast & credits
Director: Gerald Thomas. 1hr 28mins (88mins). The Rank Organisation/Peter Rogers Productions. (PG)
Producer: Peter Rogers.
Writer: Talbot Rothwell.
Camera: Ernest Steward.
Music: Eric Rogers.
Sets: Alex Vetchinsky.
Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Roy Castle, Joan Sims, Peter Butterworth, Terry Scott, Angela Douglas, Cardew Robinson, Julian Holloway.
