hyped garbage

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

I retired from work a year ago, and one of the gifts I received was the box set of the Carry On series. Now this was a surprise as I like most people have seen them over the years but wouldn't describe myself as a fan. Anyway as they were kind enough to buy me the DVD's I saw it as my duty to watch them all again and grade them out of ten. It was hard going to be honest ,but it confirmed my suspicion that this was the best. Its well made, funny with really good performances and is less crude that most. Sid James, Kenneth Williams and Berbnard Breslaw are excellent, but how I wish Roy Castle wasn't in it, he's really out of his depth. Jim Dale would have been fantastic. Never mind, still very enjoyable and definitely the best by quite a way.

Almost every Carry On fan thinks this is the best Carry On has to offer. I disagree. I would have to place it 10th to 15th best in the series. I am just not a big fan of the "period piece" films that Carry On did with a few exceptions(Carry on Jack/Cleo). With that said, this is still a solid film. Sid James plays Sir Sidney Ruff Diamond, head of the British forces and Joan Sims plays his wife. Charles Hawtrey plays one of his better parts as a private for the British. Terry Scott plays the sergeant for the British. This is one of his best characters as well. Roy Castle rounds out the British cast as the Captain. On the the other side we have Princess Jelhi played by the second(Jacki Piper is first) most gorgeous women in the Carry on series, Angela Doulgas. She goes brunette this time around. Kenneth Williams is her father, The Khasi of Kalabar. He is the leader of India's side. Bernard Bresselaw plays the part of Bungdit Din. He does a great job. The trouble starts when Bungdit finds out that the British wear nickers under their kilts. This is looked on as not begin manly. Joan takes a photo of the others caught wearing nickers. She likes Kenneth and gives him the photo. Angela likes Roy and she warns him to leave India because her father is planning to kill the British. She tells him she loves him. Sid decides to send his crew in to retrieve the photo. They get help from a Peter Butterworth. They are caught while romancing some harem women. Angela helps them escape. They end up fighting each other in the end as the British and Angela have dinner. The British are about to lose when Sid tells his side to lift their kilts. The other side runs in fear. Again this is a solid film, but not my favorite.

This was one of the most successful Carry-on films. Although the setting (the late days of British rule in India) might have been thought provocative, the sheer unreality of events and deliberately self-deprecatory humour would be guaranteed to defuse any arguments over the subject.One of the secrets of success of the Carry-on films was their mixing of "straight" acting and quotes with absurd situations. The formal dinner scene at the Residency as it is reduced to rubble by the Khasi of Kalabar's artillery is perhaps the longest and most memorable of these sequences.The straight-acting "farcical" scenes are probably funnier than some of the more contrived comedy sequences, although the film has its share of memorably quotable one-liners.There were remarkable performances by British comedians Roy Castle in his only Carry-on appearance, and Terry Scott, who had previously had only a cameo appearance in "Carry on Sergeant".

This film represents the Carry On film series at its peak - all of the actors are at the absolute top of their form. From the very beginning of the film with Joan Simms' immortal line at the polo match: "he did not 'alf crack that one did he not", through to the breathtaking Dinner scene at the end, this is film is a joy to watch. Its a shame that Roy Castle and Angela Douglas did not go on to make further Carry On films, they really put in excellent performances hereBut the real "scene stealer's" are Peter Butterworth and Bernard Bresslaw - both fine comic actors (and both died far too young) showing an extra dimension to their usual performances - Bernard Bresslaw is especially impressive as Bungdit Din.If you've never seen a Carry On film - then watch this one, and prepare to be hooked forever of these riotous, saucy, classic British films