Carry On up the Khyber (1968) |
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| Director(s) | Gerald Thomas |
| Producer(s) | Peter Rogers |
| Top Genres | Comedy, War |
Featured Cast of Carry On up the Khyber See More »
Sid James
(as Sir Sidney Ruff)
Joan Sims
(as Lady Ruff)
Bernard Bresslaw
(as Bungdit Din)
Peter Butterworth
(as Brother Belcher)
Patrick Allen
(as Narrator)
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Carry On up the Khyber (1968) was a Comedy - War Film directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers.
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Carry On up the Khyber Quotes:
Lady Joan Ruff-Diamond:
[brushing off a collapsed ceiling] Oh dear! I seem to have got a little plastered!
Lady Joan Ruff-Diamond:
[watching polo game] Ooh, I say! He did not 'alf crack that one, did he not?
Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond: Dearest, if you can't express yourself in more elegant terms, kindly shut your cakehole
Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond: Dearest, if you can't express yourself in more elegant terms, kindly shut your cakehole
The Khasi of Kalabar:
[unimpressed by the Fakir's performance] Bring on the dancing girls. Get rid of this idiot!
Bungdit Din: Fakir! Off!
Bungdit Din: Fakir! Off!
Brother Belcher:
[looking directly at the camera] Of course, they're all completly mad, you know!
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To receive an 'A' (PG) cinema certificate some risqué dialogue was removed including Brother Belcher's request for "A tool to dig with" and Bungdit Din mentioning a "travelling fakir". The print remains edited to this day.
In the dinner scene, the cast was served ham and boiled potatoes.
The censor had a problem with Bungdit Din's line, "Fakir, off!" A sufficient pause was required between the words "Fakir" and "off".
Tommy Cooper was originally asked to play the role of the Fakir but he was unavailable. Cardew Robinson was then cast in the role.
Snowdonia in Wales doubled as the Khyber Pass with the rest of filming done at Pinewood Studios. When the film was released, an old soldier who had served in the Khyber Pass area wrote to the film studio, informing them that he recognized the area at once.