Carry On up the Khyber is the sixteenth Carry On film, released in 1968. The film starred Sid James as Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond, and Kenneth Williams as the Randy Lal, Khasi of Kalabar. The Carry On films were a long-running series of British popular low-budget comedy films, directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Sid James (8 May 1913 - 26 April 1976) was a film and television actor. ... Kenneth Charles Williams (22 February 1926 - 15 April 1988) was a British comic actor, star of over twenty films and notable radio comedies with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne, as well as a witty raconteur on a wide range of subjects. ...

Plot outline:

Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond is Queen Victoria's Governor in the province of Khalabar near the Khyber Pass. The province is defended by the 3rd Foot and Mouth Regiment (The Devils in Skirts), who are said to not wear anything under their kilts. When Private Widdle (Charles Hawtrey) is found wearing underpants after an encounter with Bungdit Din (Bernard Bresslaw), this occurrence incites a rebellion. After this happens, the Governor's wife (Joan Sims) takes a photograph of an inspection where many of the soldiers are all found wearing underpants, and the Khasi takes the Governor's wife with him. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1 January 1877, until her death. ... A governor is also a device that regulates the speed of a machine. ... Looking back towards Pakistan, on the Pakistan side of the Khyber Pass The Khyber Pass (also called the Khaiber Pass in older sources) is the most important pass connecting Pakistan with Afghanistan. ... The 3rd Foot and Mouth Regiment is a fictional infantry regiment of the British Army portrayed in the film Carry On up the Khyber. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... There have been two notable actors named Charles Hawtrey: Sir Charles Hawtrey (1858-1923), stage and silent film actor; Charles Hawtrey (1914-1988), who named himself after the earlier actor, and is best known for the Carry On films. ... A pair of mens briefs Undergarments, also called underwear or sometimes intimate clothing, are clothes worn next to the skin, usually under other clothes. ... Bernard Bresslaw (February 25, 1934 - June 11, 1993) was an English actor who was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. ... Irene Joan Marian Sims (May 9, 1930, Laindon, Essex - June 28, 2001) was a British actress. ... A pair of mens briefs Undergarments, also called underwear or sometimes intimate clothing, are clothes worn next to the skin, usually under other clothes. ...

The film is a broad parody of Kiplingesque tales of heroic adventure in the far-flung reaches of the British Empire (in this case, India). The script parodies British manners and attitudes, particularly in the final stages where the British are having dinner while the Governor's house is being bombarded with missiles, yet the British refuse to acknowledge, even to each other, what is going on. This is an allegory of the gradual erosion of the British Empire, which near its zenith at the time the film was set, but which was losing many colonies to home rule at the time the film was made. Rudyard Kipling, British author Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was a British author and poet, born in India. ... The British Empire was, at one time, the foremost global power and the largest empire in history. ...

Trivia

• In 1999 a BFI poll voted it the 99th best British film.
• During the Gulf War, this film was banned on UK television.
• A soldier who served near the Khyber Pass wrote to Peter Rogers, telling him that the soldier recognised the mountains shown in the film. Peter didn't tell him that it was actually Snowdonia in Gwynedd, Wales.
• This was the fourth and final Carry On film to feature Angela Douglas, who played Princess Jelhi.
• In Spanish-speaking territories, it was named Arribas las Faldas (In Latin American Spanish, it literally means Up the Skirts, while in Continental Spanish, it means Up the Laps.)
• Khyber Pass (abbreviated to Khyber) is cockney rhyming slang for arse.
• Khasi is a slang expression for lavatory.
• It was not released in Germany until 1995, but not in the cinemas*
• At the time of release, four colonies had achieved independence from Britain over the past twelve months -- South Yemen (1967), Mauritius, Nauru, Swaziland (1968). The film happened to have been made when the British Empire was nearing its nadir.

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External links

• Carry On up the Khyber at The Internet Movie Database
• The Whippit Inn Information on the Carry On film series