Eric Stevenson I admit that I didn't think too highly of this seeing as how the first "Carry On" film I saw was just okay. This on the other hand was better and enjoyable. This film focused a lot more on comedy and was definitely more entertaining. Was this the first spoof movie ever made? It's obvious that it takes elements from "James Bond" and this was when those movies were first coming out. I'm glad it ended up being better than Woody Allen's "Casino Royale".I wanted to see if this movie had the same actors and characters from the previous films. It had the same actors, but not the same characters. The basic story is that a bunch of bumbling spies are trying to destroy a chemical formula stolen by an organization known as STENCH. I will admit that some of the jokes don't hold up that well. Of course, that isn't their fault. This movie might be the lowest rated film on RottenTomatoes to have a rating of 100%, even though it's only four reviews. ***

JLRVancouver It's agents for BOSH vs. agents for STENCH, which will give you some idea of the sophisticated wit on display in Carry-on Spying. The movie is a not particularly funny (or clever) parody of early 60's spy movies, with the best parts being Kenneth William's nasal delivery and Charles Hawtrey's brief disguise as a French bicycle racer. Less sniggering and fewer double-entendres than in later entries in the series (perhaps due to the absence of Sid James) although Barbara Windsor (Daphne Honeybutt, admittedly a great Bond-girl name) does get stripped down to her undies at one point. Lots of in-jokes for cinephiles, but generally only worth watching for fans of the Carry-on series or die-hard fans of parody.

bkoganbing The James Bond series and the mania it started for espionage movies was perfect fodder for the Carry On troupe and their satire on such films. The fate of the world is now in the hands of Kenneth Williams and his trainee agents.They're all that's left that the United Kingdom has to face the coming of STENCH, the society for the total extermination of non-conforming humans. Chief Eric Barker has no one else but Williams to send out to find who stole a topic secret formula. Incidentally we never do find out just what this formula is and does.Williams and his backup crew consisting of Charles Hawtrey, Bernard Cribbins, Jim Dale, and Barbara Windsor. That's enough to lose hope for the free world. Between jokes about the lack of ability in Williams and comments about Windsor's ample bosom, two weapons of mass destruction that would be anyone's envy, you should get a lot of laughs.Note that zither playing when the team was in Vienna.

Chase_Witherspoon James Bond send-up with the Carry On crew delivering their familiar brand of double-entendres and corny one-liners, accompanied by regular guest Bernard Cribbins, has a quartet of inept MI5-styled spies (Windsor, Williams, Hawtrey and Cribbins) sent to recover a top secret formula off "fat man" Eric Pohlmann. Their apparently easy mission is thwarted however when they run afoul the evil Dr Crow (Furse) and her plan for world domination as an exponent of the international criminal organisation called "Stench".Williams is more restrained that usual, and in my opinion, is the best of breed in this instalment. His nit-wit South-end accented secret agent hits every mark and is once again, nicely contrasted by Hawtrey's straight man. It's the usual farce as the quartet bound from one self-made catastrophe to the next, among the funnier moments is when Cribbins attempts to tunnel his way out of their imprisonment only to find himself still inside the cell, and when Williams steals the reel-to-reel recordings of the secret formula after its revealed to Dr Crow by Windsor under intense interrogation tactics ("oh no, I've lost one of me spools"). The twist ending is also a great laugh, courtesy once again of Williams' character's ineptitude.If you're not accustomed to the Carry-On or indeed, bawdy British humour, then "Carry On Spying" will either prove too absurd to endure, or, give you a reason to seek-out the other thirty-odd films in the series, some not as good, but few better than this entry.