Carry On...Up the Khyber (1968)
Directed by Gerald Thomas
Genres - Adventure, Comedy |
Sub-Genres - Parody/Spoof, Adventure Comedy |
Run Time - 88 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The Carry On gang carries on with this 17th entry in the gang's never-ending series of lowbrow British comedy films. This time the Carry On crowd spoofs the stiff-upper-lip, "defending-the-Empire" epics of an earlier era. Comic opera British troops are sent to the Khyber Pass to prevent the local citizenry from discovering what's under the kilts of the Scottish Devil's Regiment. Series regulars Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey and Joan Sims are put through their usual risque paces by their usual director Gerald Thomas. This stirring historical saga was followed by the equally inspiring 1970 epic Carry On, Up the Jungle.
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colonialism, empire, political-unrest, troops, Scottish [nationality]