More Ealing than Carry On, more Harry Lime than Bond

Like the first Carry On films  simple and light fun

Do you expect me to talk? No I expect you to laugh!!

Pinewood Studios, Pinewood Road, Iver Heath, Iver, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Charles Hawtrey, Juliet Mills, Bernard Cribbins, and Kenneth Williams in Carry on Jack (1964)

William Hartnell in Carry on Sergeant (1958)

Charles Hawtrey, Bernard Cribbins, and Barbara Windsor in Carry on Spying (1964)

Oh, Vienna! Lovely! I've always wanted to see Vienna before I die.

Dilys Laye and Kenneth Williams in Carry on Spying (1964)

Judith Furse and Barbara Windsor in Carry on Spying (1964)

Kenneth Williams

Barbara Windsor

Bernard Cribbins

Talbot Rothwell

Sid Colin

Agent Simpkins and trainees chase STENCH (the Society for the Total Extinction of Non-Conforming Humans) for a stolen chemical formula, using gadgets and disguises to defeat villains The Fat Man, Dr Milchman, and Dr Crow.

Gerald Thomas

Carry on Spying

The Last &apos;Carry On&apos; in Black &amp; White

A grown man shouldn&apos;t really be discussing a &apos;Carry On&apos; film, but this has always been my personal favourite; and the series soon went into a precipitous decline after the franchise was taken over by Rank in 1966.

It actually rewards knowledge of classic adventure films of the forties like &apos;The Maltese Falcon&apos; and &apos;The Third Man&apos;, both referenced by the presence of Eric Pohlmann - since he is referred to as &apos;The Fat Man&apos; and was actually in &apos;The Third Man (not to mention having recently voiced Blofeld in &apos;From Russia with Love&apos;) - and has some genuinely witty dialogue, including &quot;Was it - THEM?&quot; &quot;Well it certainly wasn&apos;t - US!!&quot; and &quot;So you knew my father!!&quot;. There&apos;s even a little mild satire, such as the cipher clerk with a Russian accent played by Gerton (sic) Klauber squinting at an intercepted message as he reads it aloud to the head of MI5; and the sign on their table that greets our heroes in a Viennese restaurant reading &apos;Reserved for Party of British Agents&apos;.

Cinematographer Alan Hume actually graduated to the James Bond series. The opening sequence beginning with Victor Maddern driving up to the north entrance of Pinewood Studios anticipates that of &apos;Get Smart!&apos;, while the finale at STENCH headquarters is well worth the wait. Embellished with atmospheric music from Eric Rogers, presided over by the memorably strange Dr. Crow and staffed by stern henchwomen dressed like Modesty Blaise, (SPOILER COMING:) it obligingly has a prominently displayed panel for blowing the place up like the lever in Frankenstein&apos;s laboratory at the end of &apos;Bride of Frankenstein&apos;.

Richard Wattis did three days work on this; his one and only &apos;Carry On&apos;. Liz Fraser had sadly just left the series, and her replacement by Barbara Windsor (although playing a genius with a photographic memory) showed the series was coarsening. But Dilys Laye compensates by providing a memorable dragon lady.

A top secret chemical formula has been stolen by STENCH (the Society for the Total Extinction of Non-Conforming Humans), and so Agent Simpkins and his three trainees are hot on the trail, chasing the villains across the world.

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A grown man shouldn't really be discussing a 'Carry On' film, but this has always been my personal favourite; and the series soon went into a precipitous decline after the franchise was taken over by Rank in 1966.

It actually rewards knowledge of classic adventure films of the forties like 'The Maltese Falcon' and 'The Third Man', both referenced by the presence of Eric Pohlmann - since he is referred to as 'The Fat Man' and was actually in 'The Third Man (not to mention having recently voiced Blofeld in 'From Russia with Love') - and has some genuinely witty dialogue, including "Was it - THEM?" "Well it certainly wasn't - US!!" and "So you knew my father!!". There's even a little mild satire, such as the cipher clerk with a Russian accent played by Gerton (sic) Klauber squinting at an intercepted message as he reads it aloud to the head of MI5; and the sign on their table that greets our heroes in a Viennese restaurant reading 'Reserved for Party of British Agents'.

Cinematographer Alan Hume actually graduated to the James Bond series. The opening sequence beginning with Victor Maddern driving up to the north entrance of Pinewood Studios anticipates that of 'Get Smart!', while the finale at STENCH headquarters is well worth the wait. Embellished with atmospheric music from Eric Rogers, presided over by the memorably strange Dr. Crow and staffed by stern henchwomen dressed like Modesty Blaise, (SPOILER COMING:) it obligingly has a prominently displayed panel for blowing the place up like the lever in Frankenstein's laboratory at the end of 'Bride of Frankenstein'.

Richard Wattis did three days work on this; his one and only 'Carry On'. Liz Fraser had sadly just left the series, and her replacement by Barbara Windsor (although playing a genius with a photographic memory) showed the series was coarsening. But Dilys Laye compensates by providing a memorable dragon lady.

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