Carry on Spying (1964)

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:

Formula | Gadget | Agent | Top Secret | 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

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) (passed with cuts) | 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 music that plays as the agents enter the 'automation area' appears as a recurring theme in the 1983 animated series "Dungeons & Dragons" (1983).

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:

Harold Crump: [approaching Carstairs, in disguise as the filter tip bootlace salesman] I cannot smoke those, they make me deaf!

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.