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A Peter Rogers Production
Directed by Gerald Thomas |
1967
ColourScreenplay: Talbot Rothwell
Music: Eric Rogers
Certificate A/PG
90 minutes |
Sergeant
Knocker |
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Phil Silvers |
Commandant
Burger |
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Kenneth
Williams |
Bertram
Oliphant West |
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Jim Dale |
Captain Le
Pice |
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Charles Hawtrey |
Simpson |
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Peter
Butterworth |
Zigzig |
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Joan Sims |
Sheikh Abdul Abulbul |
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Bernard
Bresslaw |
Lady Jane
Ponsonby |
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Angela Douglas |
Corktip |
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Anita Harris |
Corporal
Clotski |
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John
Bluthall |
Sir Cyril
Ponsonby |
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William
Mervyn |
Captain
Bagshaw |
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Peter
Gilmore |
Ticket
Collector |
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Julian
Holloway |
Riff |
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Larry Taylor |
Raff |
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Richard
Hurndall |
Doctor |
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Julian
Orchard |
Hotel Manager |
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David Glover |
Ship's Officer |
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Vincent Ball |
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"When the Carry On team head for the sea of sand, there's a legion of laughs to be had, plus pure gold in Phil Silvers' raucous performance as Sergeant Nocker.
Carry On Follow That Camel is an historical spectacular with a host of harem beauties, a bevy of blood thirsty Bedouins and a troupe of Legionnaires getting the hump!"
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The Story
Bertram West, following an
incident at a cricket match, where he is accused of ungentlemanly behaviour,
runs away to join the foreign legion along with his batman, Simpson. The
fort he is stationed at is beseiged by the hordes of Sheikh Abdul Abulbul,
which wouldn't be so bad if the soldiers running it weren't just as
dangerous!
Meanwhile back in England, Beau's girlfriend realises how unjustly he has
been treated and sets out to find him and bring him home...
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Comments
Sergeant Bilko with sand...it's
a good film, but the very presence of Phil Silvers makes this film something
other than a Carry On. Silvers is, nevertheless, very good (as are the
entire cast, especially Jim Dale and Peter Butterworth), but it just doesn't
seem right, somehow. This film seems much more at home out of the context of
the Carry On series; a great comedy, but not a great Carry On.
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