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Emperor Morphetine · Oscar Winner Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 1541

I had to watch this as a case study on British comedy for my uni course and it was quite enjoyable, although some of the humour is more than a bit dated. It's all set during the British occupation of India as Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond (Sid James), the governor of Kalabar province, sets about diplomatic relations with the native leader, the Khasi ( Kenneth Williams) who desperately wants the British out.

All the while the men of an army regiment stationed there, including Private James Widdle (Charles Hawtrey) must try to suppress the Burpa tribe led by the warrior chief Bunghit Din. All the usual double entendres and innuendo are present and correct, plus some quite good satire regarding the state of Britain at the time it was made.

It wasn't what I was expecting at all but it wasn't too bad.

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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 6056

I remember the kilt lifting scene

and the part when they're eating dinner and being very British and stoical as the building's being blasted to bits!

Emperor Morphetine · Oscar Winner Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 1541

Those are among the best scenes, actually!
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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 6056

I have vague recollections of Peter Butterworth dressed as a dancing girl too......a frightening thought!

Emperor Morphetine · Oscar Winner Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 1541

A disturbing mental image, too!
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Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 9307

I love the Carry on films

And yeah I think that is the scene I remember most too ...the bit where they are all having dinner like proper upper class English people while bombs and shooting is destroying all around them

Wasn't Roy Castle in that film too?
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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 6056

Yeah Roy Castle was in it too......I think he was a Captain or a Lieutenant and the regiment was called the Third Foot and Mouth

Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 9307

Roy Castle actually did alot of acting back then....he's also in that horror film I really like Dr terror's House of Horrors and not a
trumpet or some tapping shoes in sight

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