Carry On Up the Jungle
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| Carry On Up the Jungle | |
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| Directed by | Gerald Thomas |
| Written by | Talbot Rothwell |
| Starring | Frankie Howerd Sid James Charles Hawtrey |
| Release date(s) | 1970 |
| Running time | 89 mins |
| Country |  UK |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Carry On Up the Jungle is the nineteenth "Carry On" film.
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[edit] Plot Summary
The Carry On team's send up of the Tarzan/African exploration genre: Lady Evelyn Bagley (Joan Sims) finances an expedition to find her long-lost husband and baby son. Bill Boosey (Sid James) is the fearless hunter and guide. Professor Inigo Tinkle (Frankie Howerd) is searching for the rare Oozalum bird, which is said to fly in ever decreasing circles until it disappears up its own rear end. Lady Evelyn's finds her son, who is now a Tarzan-like ape-man, who then abducts a young woman. A gorilla enters the camp and wreaks havoc and the men get captured by an all female tribe from the lost world of Aphrodisia.
[edit] Cast Overview
- Sid James - Bill Boosey (as Sidney James)
- Kenneth Connor - Claude Chumley
- Frankie Howerd - Professor Inigo Tinkle
- Charles Hawtrey - Tonka the Great/Walter
- Joan Sims - Lady Evelyn Bagley
- Terry Scott - Cecil, the Jungle Boy
- Bernard Bresslaw - Upsidaisi
- Jacki Piper - June
- Valerie Leon - Leda
- Roy Stewart - Nosha
- Nina Baden-Semper - Girl Nosha
[edit] Trivia
- Roy Stewart who played a Nosha also played Toberman in the Doctor Who story The Tomb of the Cybermen
- Nina Baden-Semper who played a girl Nosha later became famous as one of the stars of situation comedy Love Thy Neighbour and was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1975.
- The film's title is reminiscent of other films made by Frankie Howerd in the same period, all with 'Up The' in the title, e.g. Up Pompeii, and Up The Chastity Belt
- The plot of the Futurama episode Amazon Women in the Mood owes something to this film.
[edit] External links
- Carry On Up the Jungle at the Internet Movie Database
- Carry On up the Jungle Location Guide at The Whippit Inn
| Carry On films |
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| Principal cast: Kenneth Williams | Joan Sims | Charles Hawtrey | Sid James | Kenneth Connor | Peter Butterworth | Bernard Bresslaw | Hattie Jacques | Jim Dale | Barbara Windsor | Terry Scott |
| Films: Sergeant • Nurse • Teacher • Constable • Regardless • Cruising • Cabby • Jack • Spying • Cleo • Cowboy • Screaming • Don't Lose Your Head • Follow That Camel • Doctor • Up the Khyber • Camping • Again Doctor • Up the Jungle • Loving • Henry • At Your Convenience • Matron • Abroad • Girls • Dick • Behind • England • Emmannuelle • Columbus TV: Laughing • Christmas Specials • That's Carry On! Unmade: Spaceman Upcoming: London |
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