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* UncreditedRole: Creator/ValerieLeon as a hospitality girl.

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Creator/ValerieLeon as a hospitality girl.girl.
** Creator/JohnnyBriggs as the soldier with a bullet in his sporran.

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** Captain Keene, Sergeant Major [=MacNutt=], Private Widdle and Brother Belcher meeting the Fakir when trying to get into the Khasi's palace.

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** Captain Keene, Sergeant Major [=MacNutt=], Private Widdle Widdle, and Brother Belcher meeting the Fakir when trying to get into the Khasi's palace.palace.
* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: At least one TV rerun during UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar was seen as too sensitive and was replaced with a showing of ''Film/CarryOnCowboy''.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: The blurb on the back of the Australian VHS release gets the names of Creator/CharlesHawtrey and Creator/KennethWilliams' characters wrong, calling them Private Twiddle and the Khasi of Kalabash.
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** Hungary: ''Carry On Khyber Strait''.

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** Hungary: ''Carry On ''Continue in the Khyber Strait''.Strait!''.

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* FakeNationality: Creator/KennethWilliams and Creator/AngelaDouglas as Indians, while Creator/BernardBresslaw again played an Arab.

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* FakeNationality: FakeBrit: The South African-born Creator/SidJames plays the British Sir Sidney.
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Creator/KennethWilliams and Creator/AngelaDouglas as Indians, while play the Indian Khasi and his daughter, the Princess Jelhi.
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Creator/BernardBresslaw again played Bungdit Din, an Arab.
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** Instead of Lady Joan calling the Khasi of Kalabar a "turban job", the originally scripted line was "brown job". The line was changed out of fear of causing offence.
** Bundgit's line "Fakir, off!" had an alternative ("He's just a travelling fakir") filmed so the original line could make it past the BBFC.

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** Instead of Lady Joan calling the Khasi of Kalabar a "turban job", the originally scripted line was "brown job". The line was changed out of fear of causing offence.
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** Bundgit's line "Fakir, off!" had an a blatantly offensive alternative ("He's just a travelling fakir") fucking cunt") filmed so the original line could make it past the BBFC.
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* CreatorBacklash: {{Averted}} with Creator/JulianHolloway, who later admitted he wasn't remotely proud of his involvement with any of the ''Film/CarryOn'' films... except for this one.
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** Creator/JimDale was supposed to play Captain Keene, but was unavailable due to a stage commitment.

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** Creator/JimDale was supposed to play Captain Keene, Keene but was unavailable due to a stage commitment.commitment, so Creator/RoyCastle took his place.

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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: Some of the film's literal English language translations of its foreign language titles were ''Carry On Gunga Din'' (Denmark), ''Carry On Khyber Strait'' (Hungary) and ''Argument in the Khyber'' (Poland).

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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: Some of the film's literal English language translations of its foreign language titles were CompletelyDifferentTitle:
** Denmark:
''Carry On Gunga Din'' (Denmark), Din''.
** Hungary:
''Carry On Khyber Strait'' (Hungary) and Strait''.
** Poland:
''Argument in the Khyber'' (Poland).Khyber''.

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* {{Corpsing}}: There are no close-up shots of Princess Jelhi during the dinner party scene because Creator/AngelaDouglas couldn't stop laughing. She recalled in 2005:
-->There isn't one shot of me in close-up because I couldn't stop laughing. There were tears of laughter running down my face.

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* {{Corpsing}}: {{Corpsing}}:
** Creator/JulianHolloway's laughter in response to Creator/JoanSims' ad-libbed "plastered" line was genuine.
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There are no close-up shots of Princess Jelhi during the dinner party scene because Creator/AngelaDouglas couldn't stop laughing. She recalled in 2005:
-->There --->There isn't one shot of me in close-up because I couldn't stop laughing. There were tears of laughter running down my face.
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** Lady Ruff-Diamond's line, "Oh dear! I seem to have got a little plastered" was an ad lib by Creator/JoanSims which was kept in. Creator/JulianHolloway's reaction to the line was genuine.

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** Lady Ruff-Diamond's line, "Oh dear! I seem to have got a little plastered" was an ad lib ad-lib by Creator/JoanSims which was kept in. Creator/JulianHolloway's reaction to the line was genuine.
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The dinner party scene took three days to film, it wasn't one take.


* OneTakeWonder: The dinner scene was filmed in '''one take''' and had to be edited choppily because Creator/AngelaDouglas couldn't [[{{Corpsing}} stop laughing]] at everyone else's deadpan performances, so there were no close-up camera shots of her. In turn, everyone ''else'' tried not to look at Creator/PeterButterworth's Belcher-breakdown performance, so they couldn't laugh and ruin the take.
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* HeyItsThatPlace: Bungdit's palace shares an exterior with Baron Bomburst's castle that appeared in ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang'' that same year.
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* UncreditedRole: Creator/ValerieLeon as a hospitality girl.

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* CreatorBacklash: {{Averted}} with Creator/JulianHolloway, who later admitted he wasn't remotely proud of his involvement with any of the ''Film/CarryOn'' films... except for this one.



* OldShame: {{Averted}}; Creator/JulianHolloway later admitted he wasn't remotely proud of his involvement with any of the ''Film/CarryOn'' films... except for this one.

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* {{Corpsing}}: There are no close-up shots of Princess Jelhi during the dinner party scene because Creator/AngelaDouglas couldn't stop laughing.

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* {{Corpsing}}: There are no close-up shots of Princess Jelhi during the dinner party scene because Creator/AngelaDouglas couldn't stop laughing. She recalled in 2005:
-->There isn't one shot of me in close-up because I couldn't stop laughing. There were tears of laughter running down my face.

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* EditedForSyndication: When the film was shown on Creator/{{ITV}} 4 in 2020, the joke about banning turbans on buses was removed for some reason.

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** A 2019 airing removed Bungdit Din's "Fakir, off!" line.
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When the film was shown on Creator/{{ITV}} 4 in 2020, the joke about banning turbans on buses was removed for some reason.
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* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/KennethWilliams completely ignored Wanda Ventham on the set.

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* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/KennethWilliams completely ignored Wanda Ventham Creator/WandaVentham on the set.
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* {{Corpsing}}: There are no close-up shots of Princess Jelhi during the dinner party scene because Angela Douglas couldn't stop laughing.

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* {{Corpsing}}: There are no close-up shots of Princess Jelhi during the dinner party scene because Angela Douglas Creator/AngelaDouglas couldn't stop laughing.



* FakeNationality: Creator/KennethWilliams and Angela Douglas as Indians, while Creator/BernardBresslaw again played an Arab.

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* FakeNationality: Creator/KennethWilliams and Angela Douglas Creator/AngelaDouglas as Indians, while Creator/BernardBresslaw again played an Arab.



* OneTakeWonder: The dinner scene was filmed in '''one take''' and had to be edited choppily because Angela Douglas couldn't [[{{Corpsing}} stop laughing]] at everyone else's deadpan performances, so there were no close-up camera shots of her. In turn, everyone ''else'' tried not to look at Creator/PeterButterworth's Belcher-breakdown performance, so they couldn't laugh and ruin the take.

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* OneTakeWonder: The dinner scene was filmed in '''one take''' and had to be edited choppily because Angela Douglas Creator/AngelaDouglas couldn't [[{{Corpsing}} stop laughing]] at everyone else's deadpan performances, so there were no close-up camera shots of her. In turn, everyone ''else'' tried not to look at Creator/PeterButterworth's Belcher-breakdown performance, so they couldn't laugh and ruin the take.
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* OldShame: {{Averted}}; Julian Holloway later admitted he wasn't remotely proud of his involvement with any of the ''Film/CarryOn'' films... except for this one.

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* OldShame: {{Averted}}; Julian Holloway Creator/JulianHolloway later admitted he wasn't remotely proud of his involvement with any of the ''Film/CarryOn'' films... except for this one.



** Lady Ruff-Diamond's line, "Oh dear! I seem to have got a little plastered" was an ad lib by Creator/JoanSims which was kept in. Julian Holloway's reaction to the line was genuine.

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** Lady Ruff-Diamond's line, "Oh dear! I seem to have got a little plastered" was an ad lib by Creator/JoanSims which was kept in. Julian Holloway's Creator/JulianHolloway's reaction to the line was genuine.
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** Captain Keene, Sergeant Major [=MacNutt=], Private Widdle and Brother Belcher meeting the Fakir when trying to get into the Khasi's palace.

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* DeletedScene:
** The Khasi and Princess Jelhi discussing the curiosities of the English language:
--->'''Princess Jelhi''': "A pair of drawers"? But there is only one of them.
--->'''Khasi of Kalabar''': Who can understand the absurd language of the British? They refer to this one thing as a pair, yet call something which is obviously a pair, a "bosom".
** The Khasi telling Bungdit he'd like seven more underpants stolen from the Devils in Skirts:
--->'''Khasi of Kalabar''': There is a wise saying I learnt at Oxford. With eight drawers you cannot lose.
** Sir Sidney getting sprayed by an elephant.
** The Khasi ordering one of his wives to set up the ludo board, followed by Sir Sidney, Captain Keene and Sergeant Major [=MacNutt=] meeting the Fakir.



* WorkingTitle: ''Carry On the Regiment''.

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* WorkingTitle: ''Carry On the Regiment''.Regiment'' and ''Carry On... Up the Khyber. A Sikh-making Saga of the North-West Frontier Dramatized from the best-selling Book "The Handyman's Literature/KamaSutra" otherwise known as "The British Position in India"''.
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** Instead of Lady Joan calling the Khasi of Kalabar a "turban job", the originally scripted line was "brown job". The line was changed out of fear of causing offence.

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** Creator/JimDale was supposed to play Captain Keene, but was unavailable due to a stage commitment.

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** Creator/TalbotRothwell's original script had to be severely cut down as in the book ''The Lost Carry Ons'', Creator/PeterRogers described the original as "epic in proportions" and "akin to a Creator/DavidLean production".
** Creator/JimDale was supposed to play Captain Keene, but was unavailable due to a stage commitment.
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** This was Creator/KennethWilliams' favourite ''Film/CarryOn''. He thought that of all his ''Film/CarryOn'' appearances, The Khasi of Kalabar will be the one that the audience will never forget.

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** This was Creator/KennethWilliams' favourite ''Film/CarryOn''. He thought that of all his ''Film/CarryOn'' appearances, The the Khasi of Kalabar will be the one that the audience will never forget.
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* {{Corpsing}}: There are no close-up shots of Princess Jelhi during the dinner party scene because Angela Douglas couldn't stop laughing.
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* OldShame: Julian Holloway later admitted he wasn't remotely proud of his involvement with any of the ''Film/CarryOn'' films.

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* OldShame: {{Averted}}; Julian Holloway later admitted he wasn't remotely proud of his involvement with any of the ''Film/CarryOn'' films.films... except for this one.

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* ReferencedBy: The novel ''When It's a Jar'' mentions a film called ''Carrion Up the Khyber'' from a popular low-budgeted film series called ''Carrion''.

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** The ''Series/SpittingImage'' novelisation mention a new entry in the ''Film/CarryOnSeries'' called ''Carry On Up the Rectum'', poking fun at the film's title.
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The novel ''When It's a Jar'' mentions a film called ''Carrion Up the Khyber'' from a popular low-budgeted film series called ''Carrion''.

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