Carry on Spying (1964)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Gerald Thomas

Writers:

Talbot Rothwell (original screenplay) and
Sid Colin (original screenplay)

Release Date:

June 1964 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

No, No, Dr. Crow Here Come Secret Agents O.O.O.h ! [U.S. One Sheet and US Half Sheet]

Plot:

A top secret chemical formula has been stolen by STENCH (the Society for the Total Extinction of Non-Conforming Humans)...

Plot Keywords:

Agent | Gadget | Top Secret | Formula | Villain

Cast

Kenneth Williams	...	Desmond Simkins
Barbara Windsor	...	Daphne Honeybutt
Bernard Cribbins	...	Harold Crump
Charles Hawtrey	...	Charlie Bind
Eric Barker	...	The Chief
Dilys Laye	...	Lila
Jim Dale	...	Carstairs
Richard Wattis	...	Cobley
Eric Pohlmann	...	The Fat Man
Victor Maddern	...	Milchmann
Judith Furse	...	Doctor Crow
John Bluthal	...	Head Waiter / Doctor Crow - voice
Renee Houston	...	Madame
Jack Taylor	...	Thug
Tom Clegg	...	Doorman
Bill Cummings	...	Thug
Gertan Klauber	...	Code Clerk (as Gerton Klauber)
Frank Forsyth	...	Professor Stark
Norman Mitchell	...	Native Policeman
Anthony Baird	...	Guard
Derek Sydney	...	Algerian Gent
Patrick Durkin	...	Guard
Jill Mai Meredith	...	Cigarette Girl
Hugh Futcher	...	Bed-of-Nails Native
Angela Ellison	...	Cloakroom Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gloria Best	...	Funhouse Girl (uncredited)
Marian Collins	...	Amazon Guard (uncredited)
Sally Douglas	...	Amazon Guard (uncredited)
Nora Gordon	...	Elderly Woman (uncredited)
Olive Gregg	...	Sergeant (voice) (uncredited)
Judy Johnson	...	Funhouse Girl (uncredited)
Maya Koumani	...	Amazon Guard (uncredited)
Jane Lumb	...	Amazon Guard (uncredited)
Christine Rodgers	...	Amazon Guard (uncredited)
Vicki Smith	...	Amazon Guard (uncredited)
Virginia Tyler	...	Funhouse Girl (uncredited)
Audrey Wilson	...	Amazon Guard (uncredited)

Directed by
Gerald Thomas

Writing credits
Talbot Rothwell		(original screenplay) and
Sid Colin		(original screenplay)

Produced by
Frank Bevis	....	associate producer
Peter Rogers	....	producer

Original Music by
Eric Rogers

Cinematography by
Alan Hume		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Archie Ludski

Art Direction by
Alex Vetchinsky		(as A. Vetchinsky)

Costume Design by
Yvonne Caffin

Makeup Department
Biddy Chrystal	....	hair stylist
W.T. Partleton	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Donald Toms	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Bolton	....	assistant director
Nigel Wooll	....	third assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Bill Daniels	....	sound recordist
Christopher Lancaster	....	sound editor
C.C. Stevens	....	sound recordist
Charlie McFadden	....	boom operator (uncredited)
Otto Snel	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Wally Armitage	....	special effects supervisor (uncredited)
Martin Gutteridge	....	special effects (uncredited)
Jimmy Harris	....	special effects (uncredited)
Fred Heather	....	special effects (uncredited)
Garth Inns	....	special effects (uncredited)
Jimmy Ward	....	special effects (uncredited)
Jack Woodbridge	....	special effects (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Godfrey A. Godar	....	camera operator (as Godfrey Godar)

Music Department
Eric Rogers	....	conductor

Other crew
Penny Daniels	....	continuity

Production Companies

• Peter Rogers Productions (as A Peter Rogers Production)

Distributors

• Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (1964) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner-Pathé Distributors (1964) (UK) (theatrical) (released throughout the United Kingdom by) (as the Warner - Pathe Distribution Ltd.)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Governor Films (1965) (USA)
• Portman Consultancy, The (2006) (UK) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (1988) (UK) (video)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (UK) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Agent Oooh!

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:A (original rating) | UK:U (video rating) | Australia:G (theatrical) | Australia:G (DVD rating) | Australia:PG (VHS rating)

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Peter Rogers Productions

Trivia:

The film was the ninth movie in the Carry On comedy film series.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Desmond Simpkins and Charlie Bind lure the doorman from the fun house, Simpkins hits him with a copper pot, and his fez falls off and lands in the middle of the doorway. In the next shot, from inside the building, the fez is nowhere to be seen.

Quotes:

Doctor Crow: I am Doctor Crow. You are surprised?
Daphne Honeybutt aka Agent Brown Cow: Yes, I am! I expected you to be a man... or a woman.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Paul O'Grady Show: (#8.10)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Too Late

The great Barbara Windsor

This is one of the funnier efforts by the team. Its obviously a send up of other movies of the genre and is shot in glorious black and white which sometimes I prefer. Black and white seems to suit the carry on movies. Life may indeed be in colour but these movies were never a depiction of life. The campery of Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey is as funny as ever. There are those two wonderfully reliable old British actors Eric Barker and the fabulous Richard Wattis as his assistant. It would be hard to find better actors to play the chief and his off sider. I loved the performance of Judith Furse.. hilariously butch.Bernard Cribbins is a great talent and he brings so much more to the series than the annoying Kenneth Connor did. This might have been the first with the great Barbara Windsor and what a spectacular career she had. She actually steals the film and I found myself roaring with laughter. Its a very good carry on but above all the introduction of one of Britains finest stars Magnificent Barbara Windsor. Barbara Windsor was much more than the sexy little bomb shell that added so much to these films and many others. She was a brilliant comedienne and I hope she gets the recognition she richly deserved. Her timing is brilliant.

Yes its all very corny but all great comedy is corny. Its rather fun seeing their idea of modern technology,those mobile phones are fun. Wonder what they would think of what we use today. I love the cheap effects of the movie such as the car wash, rather not explain but its hilarious. Its great fun seeing one of Australias most loved exports, John Bluthall in the early stages of a great career.