Carry On Up the Khyber (1968)

CARRY ON UP THE KHYBER  (1968)  ¢ ¢ 1/2
    D: Gerald Thomas
    Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey,
    Roy Castle, Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw,
    Peter Butterworth, Angela Douglas, Peter Gilmore
The Carry On Gang's dispatched to India to take up the defense of the empire in the name of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. This leads to the usual punning silliness, right up to the last 20 minutes, when the rebels attack the governor's palace and the Brits fall back on their stubborn refusal to abandon decorum, even in the face of imminent, violent death. That part is bloody brilliant. Sticklers for cultural correctness might cringe at the casting of Anglos in brownface as Indians, but in these movies, nothing is sacred and nobody's safe. The plot hinges on what, if anything, the troops in the Third Foot and Mouth Regiment might be wearing under their kilts. That's "Carry On".