Carry on Spying (Agent Oooh!) (1964)
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Britain's long-running (some would say interminable) series of "Carry On" comedies managed to satirize virtually every film genre ever conceived over three decades. Since espionage dramas were hot in 1964, it was inevitable that the unwary world would be treated to Carry On Spying. The… More Britain's long-running (some would say interminable) series of "Carry On" comedies managed to satirize virtually every film genre ever conceived over three decades. Since espionage dramas were hot in 1964, it was inevitable that the unwary world would be treated to Carry On Spying. The "maguffin" in this yarn is the top-secret Formula X, which has been pilfered by that insidious organization S.T.E.N.C.H. (Society for Total Extinction of Non-Existent Humans). Enter the heroes, the men and women of British Operational Security--better known as B.O.S.H. The good guys are understaffed, thus novice agent Kenneth Williams is put in charge of smashing the evil machinations of Dr. Crow (Judith Furse) and The Fat Man (Eric Pohlmann). The level of wit in Carry on Spying is sustained by the character name of leading lady Barbara Windsor, who plays the delectable Daphne Honeybutt. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Gerald Thomas
- Written By
- UK
- Genres
- Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1964 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
Kenneth Williams' brand of camp comedy, while very funny in smallish doses, can pall when he has a lengthy chore as here. But Bernard Cribbins brings some useful virility to his fatuous role.
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David Parkinson, Radio Times
Mercilessly ribbing the James Bond movies and Graham Greene's espionage entertainments, the ninth Carry On saw Barbara Windsor make her series debut as the most resourceful of a hamstrung quartet of agents sent to Vienna to recover a secret formula.
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, Sky Movies
The pace is faster than before and Kenneth Williams is a hoot as a hapless spy in Vienna.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
One of the bright spots in the Carry On series.
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Ian Nathan, Empire Magazine
More sprightly and less encumbered with the need to titillate that would ring-fence the Carry Ons in later life, there is a youthfulness about Spying that still remains fresher than the colour films.
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Cast
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Kenny Williams
as Desmond Simkins
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Bernard Cribbins
as Harold Crump
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Charles Hawtrey
as Charlie Bind
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Barbara Windsor
as Daphne Honeybutt
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Eric Pohlmann
as The Fat Man
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Eric Barker
as Chief
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Dilys Laye
as Lila
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Jim Dale
as Carstairs
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Richard Wattis
as Cobley
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Judith Furse
as Dr. Crow
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Victor Maddern
as Milchmann
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John Bluthal
as Headwaiter
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Patrick Durkin
as Guard
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Hugh Futcher
as Scrawny Native
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Nora Gordon
as Elderly Woman
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Gertan Klauber
as Code Clerk
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Derek Sydney
as Algerian Agent
- Jack Taylor
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Tom Clegg
as Doorman
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Bill Cummings
as Thug
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Frank Forsyth
as Prof. Stark
- Anthony Baird
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Renee Houston
as Madame
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Norman Mitchell
as Native Policeman
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Jill Mai Meredith
as Cigarette Girl
- Kenneth Williams
