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Carry On Spying

Name: Carry On Spying
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1964-06-01
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 6.375

★ 6,4 /10 (68 Votes)

1964 EN 87 min

Overview

Carry On favourite Barbara Windsor makes her debut in this outrageous send-up of the James Bond movies. Fearless agent Desmond Simpkins and Charlie Bind, aided and abetted by the comely Agent Honeybutt and Agent Crump, battle against the evil powers of international bad guys STENCH and their three cronies.

Release date

01/06/1964

Votes

Popularity

1.9

Cloak And Dagger Operations Exposed. Secret Agent Charlie Bind O.O.O.H! Takes The Lid Off The Funniest Spy Story Of The Year!

Genres

Comedy

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

87 min

Kenneth Williams

Agent Desmond Simpkins

Barbara Windsor

Agent Daphne Honeybutt

Bernard Cribbins

Agent Harold Crump

Charles Hawtrey

Agent Charlie Bind

Eric Barker

The Chief

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Dilys Laye

Lila

Jim Dale

Agent Carstairs

Richard Wattis

Cobley

Eric Pohlmann

Emile Fauzak, the "Fat Man"

Victor Maddern

Milchmann

Judith Furse

Dr. Crow

John Bluthal

Head Waiter / Dr. Crow (voice)

Renée Houston

Funhouse Madame

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Jack Taylor

Thug

Tom Clegg

Funhouse Doorman

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Bill Cummings

Thug

Gertan Klauber

Code Clerk

Frank Forsyth

Professor Stark

Norman Mitchell

Native Policeman / Algerian Gent

Anthony Baird

Guard

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Derek Sydney

Algerian Gent

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Patrick Durkin

Guard

Jill Mai Meredith

Cigarette Girl

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Hugh Futcher

Bed-of-Nails Native

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Angela Ellison

Cloakroom Girl

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John Adams

Gate Security (uncredited)

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Jack Arrow

Thug (uncredited)

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Gloria Best

Funhouse Girl (uncredited)

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Pauline Chamberlain

Train Passenger (uncredited)

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Marian Collins

Amazon Guard (uncredited)

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Maxwell Craig

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

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George Curtis

Security Guard (uncredited)

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Sally Douglas

Amazon Guard (uncredited)

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Heather Downham

Amazon Guard (uncredited)

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Courtenay Elliott

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

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Hugh Elton

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Nora Gordon

Elderly Woman (uncredited)

Fred Haggerty

Dr. Crow's Assistant (uncredited)

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Jean Hamilton

Amazon Guard (uncredited)

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John Jardine

Guard (uncredited)

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Philip Johns

Scientist (uncredited)

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Judi Johnson

Funhouse Girl (uncredited)

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Maya Koumani

Amazon Guard (uncredited)

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Ken Lawton

Train Passenger (uncredited)

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George Leech

Waiter (uncredited)

Tutte Lemkow

Man in Marketplace (uncredited)

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Jane Lumb

Amazon Guard (uncredited)

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Martin Lyder

Thug (uncredited)

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Fred Machon

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

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Lou Morgan

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

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Jonathan Newth

Guard (uncredited)

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Neil Osborne

Thug (uncredited)

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Joe Phelps

Waiter (uncredited)

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Joe Powell

Waiter (uncredited)

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Charles Price

Guard (uncredited)

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Christine Rodgers

Amazon Guard (uncredited)

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John Smart

Train Passenger (uncredited)

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Vicki Smith

Amazon Guard (uncredited)

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Virginia Tyler

Funhouse Girl (uncredited)

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Audrey Wilson

Amazon Guard (uncredited)

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I expected you to be a man... or a woman. The 9th in the Carry On series, and the last to be filmed in black and white, is one of the best. It finds the gang kind of biting the hand that feeds them, Pinewood. The home of James Bond was also the home of the Carry On mob, so with Peter Rogers, Gerald Thomas and Talbot Rothwell spying an opportunity to spoof 007, they did so, whilst also revelling in the chance for some film noir dalliances, notably The Third Man. The cast is this time headed up by Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor (making her Carry On debut), Bernard Cribbins and Charles H…

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The world is at the mercy of "STENCH" - a criminal entity set up to rid the world of something or other. Scraping the bottom of his agency barrel, the chief of MI6 must depend on the hapless "Simkins" (Kenneth Williams) to retrieve the situation and so together with his triplet of inexperienced trainees, they have to thwart the evil intentions of the menacing "Dr. Crow" (think of a larger version of Rosa Klebb). As you'd expect, the rest of this parodies just about everything from the "Man from U.N.C.L.E." to "007" via "The Third Man" - we even have some zithering! Along the way, a bit of roma…

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