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Carry on in the Legion

Duration:

95 min

Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.1

Director:

Gerald Thomas

Details

Country: UK

Filming Locations: Camber Sands, Camber, East Sussex, England, UK

Cast

Actor

Character

Anita Harris

Carry on in the Legion

Joan Sims

Carry on in the Legion

Phil Silvers

Sergeant Nocker

Kenneth Williams

Commandant Maximilian Burger

Jim Dale

Bertram Oliphant 'Bo' West

Charles Hawtrey

Captain Le Pice

Angela Douglas

Lady Jane Ponsonby

Peter Butterworth

Simpson

Bernard Bresslaw

Sheikh Abdul Abulbul

John Bluthal

Corporal Clotski

William Mervyn

Sir Cyril Ponsonby

Peter Gilmore

Captain Humphrey Bagshaw

Julian Holloway

Ticket Collector

Larry Taylor

Riff

William Hurndell

Raff

David Glover

Hotel Manager

Julian Orchard

Doctor

Vincent Ball

Ship's Officer

Peter Jesson

Lawrence

Simon Cain

Riff at Abdul's Tent (uncredited)

Elizabeth Counsell

Harem Girl (uncredited)

Dominique Don

Harem Girl (uncredited)

Sally Douglas

Harem Girl (uncredited)

Harry Fielder

Legionnaire Soldier (uncredited)

Gina Gianelli

Harem Girl (uncredited)

Angela Grant

Harem Girl (uncredited)

Helga Jones

Harem Girl (uncredited)

Harold Kasket

Hotel Gentleman (uncredited)

Gertan Klauber

Algerian Spiv (uncredited)

Margot Maxine

Harem Girl (uncredited)

Michael McStay

Wicketkeeper (uncredited)

Ricardo Montez

Riff at Abdul's Tent (uncredited)

Michael Nightingale

Nightingale the Butler (uncredited)

Zorenah Osborne

Harem Girl (uncredited)

Edmund Pegge

Bowler (uncredited)

Anne Scott

Harem Girl (uncredited)

Frank Singuineau

Riff at Abdul's Tent (uncredited)

Carol Sloan

Harem Girl (uncredited)

Patsy Snell

Harem Girl (uncredited)

Gina Warwick

Harem Girl (uncredited)

Karen Young

Harem Girl (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Talbot Rothwell the writer of the film, named Anita Harris character "Corktip" after the character "Cigarette", played by Claudette Colbert in Under Two Flags (1936).

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The nick-name of Bertram Oliphant West (Jim Dale) was "Bo" as in "Bo West" - a spoof of and a rhyme with the name of "Beau Geste", the famous Foreign Legion character. Showbusiness trade-paper 'Variety' called the picture a "parody of Beau Geste-style movies".

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Sid james had other work commitments so could not appear in the film

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Goofs

When Simpson enters the tent in disguise to rescue West and Nocker, he is bashed on the head, wrapped in a carpet and West says "Get his clothes". With no intervening action or dialogue, he is then seen crawling out of the tent in uniform. He has had no time to recover, nor has it been established that the other two have discovered their mistake.

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When Bo and Nocker are brought on camel to Oasis El Nooki, and are questioned by Sheikh Abdul Abulbul, he suddenly is seen clutching his whip with both hands, where he had been holding his sword on his hip with his left hand.

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When Angela Douglas receives the letter from Beau telling her that he has joined the Foreign Legion, she takes the letter in her right hand and holds her napkin in her left as she reads it. But in the close up she is holding the letter and napkin in the opposite hands.

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Quotes

Abdul: It has been truly said. The mind of the white infidel is like the action of the cleanser. Clean round the bend.

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Sgt. Nocker: Hold it baby. How about giving us the Dance of the Two Veils?

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Simpson: You mean all these ladies are the Sheikh's wives?

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