Carry On Spying
- 1964 film
Four trainee spies are put on the trail of the subversive organisation STENCH as they try to track down the secret Formula X. Stars Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor, Bernard Cribbins, Charles Hawtrey, Eric Barker and more.
- Repeated Friday at 5:25pm on TPTV
Streaming rank this week: 14,280
Carry On Spying trivia
Charles Hawtrey's character was originally to be called James Bind - 001½. After the threat of legal action from the newly established Bond franchise (the first James Bond movie had been released just 2 years previously), producer Peter Rogers changed the character to Charlie Bind, Oh Oh Ooh!
Director Gerald Thomas accidentally cut his hand on the false sugar-glass used in one scene - whilst demonstrating to Kenneth Williams that it was perfectly safe to put his hand through the modified glass-panelled door!
Early Carry On script-writer Norman Hudis penned two initial drafts for Carry On Spying before handing the project over to Talbot Rothwell, who brought long-term collaborator Sid Colin on board. One followed a band of eager fresh recruits, whilst the other was much more in line with contemporary movements such as the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Carry On Spying took 6 weeks and cost just £142,666 to produce, including wages of £5,000 each for Kenneth Williams and Bernard Cribbins, and £4,000 for Barbara Windsor in her Carry On debut.