Follow That Camel

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A bogus legionnaire proves his mettle during an Arab attack.

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A bogus legionnaire proves his mettle during an Arab attack.A bogus legionnaire proves his mettle during an Arab attack.A bogus legionnaire proves his mettle during an Arab attack.

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

2.8K

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
For the first week of filming, Jim Dale and Peter Butterworth were not speaking to one another, even though they had the majority of scenes together. Unbeknownst to either of them, at the start of shooting, Kenneth Williams had told Butterworth that Dale 'hated his guts' and he then told Dale the same thing about Butterworth. Eventually a suspicious Dale asked Butterworth on set, if Williams had said anything to him and they discovered what had happened, whilst Williams stood nearby laughing at them. According to Dale, they were furious with Williams, and Dale went as far as to chase Williams around the studio.

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.

Quotes
Commandant Burger: Are you taking Le Pice?
Sergeant Nocker: Please sir, I'm trying to ask a serious question.

Connections
Edited into Carry on Laughing: Episode #1.6 (1981)

Originally released under the title Follow That Camel, Carry On Follow That Camel is the 14th entry in the long running series. Story plays out as a historical parody of the Beau Geste type of movies, thrusting Jim Dale and Peter Butterworth into the French Foreign Legion. There they are at the mercy of Commandant Maximilian Burger (Kenny Williams) and Sergeant Nocker (Phil Silvers brought in to try and boost American ticket sales).

Japery is prominent as the not so intrepid Legionnaires get involved with an angry army of Bedouins led by Sheikh Abdul Abulbul (Bernard Bresslaw). Joan Sims has a minor role as a big cleavage landlady, while it's Angela Douglas snagging the main gal role as Lady Jane Ponsonby, with a running gag of her sexual innocence being mined for all it's worth. It's actually a better film than the iffy reputation afforded it. True, missing big hitters like Sid James and Hattie Jacques is felt, but Silvers is ebullient playing a Bilko character, while it's nice to see the excellent Jim Dale bag the English lead and not letting anyone down.

It sits somewhere in the middle scale of Carry On films, neither too bawdy nor like the genial black and whites. But plenty of laughs to be had and it's a good production, the Camber Sands locations surprisingly passing muster as the Legionnaires desert hell. Well constructed battle sequences for the finale as well. 7/10