Carry On Spying

Infobox Film
name = Carry On Spying

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caption = film poster by Tom Chantrell
director = Gerald Thomas
producer = Peter Rogers
Frank Bevis
writer = Talbot Rothwell
Sid Colin
starring = Kenneth Williams
Barbara Windsor
Charles Hawtrey
Bernard Cribbins
Jim Dale
Jane Lumb
music = Eric Rogers
cinematography = Alan Hume
editing = Archie Ludski
distributor = Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd.
released = 1964
runtime = 87 min.
country = flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom
language = English
budget =
preceded_by = Carry On Jack
followed_by = Carry On Cleo
imdb_id = 0057920
amg_id = 1:86749

Carry On Spying is a 1964 film and is the ninth movie in the "Carry On" film series and marks Barbara Windsor's first appearance in the series. It is the last "Carry On" film in the series shot in black and white.

Plot summary

A top secret chemical formula has been stolen by STENCH (the Society for the Total Extinction of Non-Conforming Humans). Fearful of what would happen if that formula fell into the wrong hands, the Chief of the secret service, reluctantly sends the only agent he has left, the bumbling and snide Agent Desmond Simkins, (Kenneth Williams), and his three trainess, Agent Harold Crump, (Bernard Cribbins), Agent Daphne Honeybutt, (Barbara Windsor), and Agent Charlies Bind (Charles Hawtrey), to find the formula.

The Agents are hot on the trail, chasing the villains across the world. Their pursuit takes them to Vienna, and to Algiers. Upon the way they encounter the STENCH agents, the Fat Man and Milchmann (who stole the formula disguised as a milkman). Unfortunately the agents' lack of experience results in their contact agent, Carstairs (Jim Dale), being floored in an encounter with the Fat Man, and they also encounter the mysterious Lila (Dilys Laye), of whom they are uncertain if they can trust.

Cast

*Kenneth Williams as Desmond Simpkins
*Barbara Windsor as Daphne Honeybutt
*Bernard Cribbins as Harold Crump
*Charles Hawtrey as Charlie Bind
*Jim Dale as Carstairs
*Eric Barker as The Chief
*Richard Wattis as Cobley
*Dilys Laye as Lila
*Eric Pohlmann as The Fat Man
*Victor Maddern as Milchmann
*Judith Furse as Doctor Crow

Production

"James Bond" producer Albert R. Broccoli objected to the character name "James Bind agent 006 1/2" and threatened legal action. Producer Peter Rogers therefore changed the name to Charlie and the agent's code number to double 0 - ooh! Poster artist Tom Chantrell also had to modify the poster when similar complaints were voiced that the artwork was too similar to "From Russia with Love".

The film pokes fun at various spy movies, James Bond being the least of them. They include "The Third Man" and "Casablanca". One or two of Crow's female assistants wear hairstyles similar to that of "Modesty Blaise" whose adventures had started in the "Evening Standard" the previous year.

Filming dates

Filming dates - 8 February1964 - 13 March1964

External links

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* [http://www.thewhippitinn.com/carry_on_films/carry_on_spying/"Carry On Spying" at The Whippit Inn]
* [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28841 "Carry on Spying"] BFI Film & TV Database
* [http://www.britmovie.co.uk/genres/carryon/filmography/020.html "Carry on Spying"] Britmovie article
* [http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=133881 "Carry on Spying"] Empire review