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Carry On favourite Barbara Windsor makes her debut in this outrageous send-up of the James Bond movies. Fearless agent Desmond Simpkins and Charlie Bind, aided and abetted by the comely Agent Honeybutt and Agent Crump, battle against the evil powers of international bad guys STENCH and their three cronies.
In a parody of James Bond films, the British secret service agency STAGE is in disarray after a series of mishaps. To combat a rogue organization known as COMFORT, they send their bumbling agents, including the handsome but inept operative Desmond, on a mission to thwart the villainous plans. Their quest takes them through various exotic locations and ridiculous encounters as they try to save the world from a nefarious plot involving mind control.
Carry On Spying was generally met with mixed reviews from critics but was a commercial success with audiences, further cementing the Carry On series' popularity. While some critics found its humor predictable and its plot thin, many audiences enjoyed the slapstick comedy and the established chemistry of the cast.
The film relies heavily on slapstick and innuendo typical of the Carry On franchise.
While not the strongest entry, it offers consistent laughs for fans of the series.
The spy spoof elements are generally well-received, though somewhat dated.
Google audience: Audience reception information for this film on Google is not readily available, but it is generally considered a standard, enjoyable installment for fans of the long-running British comedy series.
Carry On Spying was the first Carry On film to be shot in Eastmancolor, moving away from the black and white format of previous installments.
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The world is at the mercy of "STENCH" - a criminal entity set up to rid the world of something or other. Scraping the bottom of his agency barrel, the chief of MI6 must depend on the hapless "Simkins" (Kenneth Williams) to retrieve the situ...
I expected you to be a man... or a woman. The 9th in the Carry On series, and the last to be filmed in black and white, is one of the best. It finds the gang kind of biting the hand that feeds them, Pinewood. The home of James Bond was a...