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Carry on Spying

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A British spy (Kenneth Williams) and his pupils are sent to recover a secret formula stolen by an agent of STENCH.

Critics Reviews

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Variety Staff Variety 10/18/2011
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. Go to Full Review Ian Nathan Empire Magazine 10/18/2011
4/5
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. Go to Full Review MFB Critics Monthly Film Bulletin 01/25/2018
Straight off the Carry On assembly line, this spoof on James Bondery looses a few random and very limp satirical shafts, but is for the most part content to stick to routine. Go to Full Review David Parkinson Radio Times 10/18/2011
3/5
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. Go to Full Review Sky Staff Sky Cinema 10/18/2011
4/5
The pace is faster than before and Kenneth Williams is a hoot as a hapless spy in Vienna. Go to Full Review TV Guide 10/18/2011
2.5/4
One of the bright spots in the Carry On series. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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O g Oct 8 If psychiatry could have my brain cleared so I could enjoy this for the first time again... See more 07/22/2020 One of the best, if not THE best Carry On films See more 11/13/2016 I had a feeling I wouldn't like these 'Carry On' movies and I was mostly right about that. There were some okay funny moments, but not enough. See more 03/02/2016 Got love Kenneths performance See more bill t @Spuzz 10/23/2015 Another silly CO movie. This was not bad, though it does go all over the place. See more 03/14/2015 Believe it or not, my very first Carry On movie and I selected the film Cubby Broccoli tried to shut down. Kenneth Williams is hilarious as inept spy Simpkins who manages to win just by being inept and lucky (much like Sterling Archer). Apparently this is the first Carry On to feature the catch phrase "stop messing about." Great fun all around and I've got Carry On Cleo up next See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Gerald Thomas

Director

Kenneth Williams

Desmond Simkins

Bernard Cribbins

Harold Crump

Barbara Windsor

Daphne Honeybutt

Charles Hawtrey

Charlie Bind

Eric Barker

The Chief

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Movie Info

Synopsis A British spy (Kenneth Williams) and his pupils are sent to recover a secret formula stolen by an agent of STENCH.
Director
Gerald Thomas
Producer
Peter Rogers
Screenwriter
Talbot Rothwell, Sid Colin
Production Co
Peter Rogers Productions
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
British English
Runtime
1h 27m