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Sid James
Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond
Charles Hawtrey
Private Widdle
Bernard Bresslaw
Bungdit Din
Kenneth Williams
Khasi of Khalabar
Roy Castle
Captain Keene
Joan Sims
Lady Joan Ruff-Diamond
Peter Butterworth
Brother Belcher
Terry Scott
Sergeant Major MacNutt
Angela Douglas
Princess Jelhi
Cardew Robinson
The Fakir
Julian Holloway
Major Shorthouse
Peter Gilmore
Private Ginger Hale
Leon Thau
Stinghi
Wanda Ventham
Khasi's First Wife
Alexandra Dane
Busti
Michael Mellinger
Chindi
Dominique Don
Macnutt's Lure
Derek Sydney
Major Domo
Steven Scott
Burpa Guard
David Spenser
Bungdit Din's Servant
Patrick Allen
Narrator
Eve Eden
Khasi's Wife
Valerie Leon
Hospitality Girl
Patrick Westwood
Burpa
Douglas Fielding
Burpa in Crowd

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Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jun 03 2023

When the "Carry On" films had a decent story to underpin their brand of humour, they were aways better - and this one is certainly one of the best. Sidney James is the British Governor of a North West Indian province who is facing a cunning revolt from the outwardly charming, but (not so) secretly devious "Khasi of Kalabar" (Kenneth Williams). If you've ever seen "The Drum" (1938) then you will know the plot - and everyone pulls together well in this comedy swipe at the Raj and and the stiff-upper-lipped members of the "Third Foot-and-Mouth Regiment". I was never the biggest fan of Roy Castle, ...