Carry On Up the Khyber

Carry On Up the Khyber (1968)

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Corrected entry: At one point during the bombing of the Consulate, the chandelier falls down onto the table. You can plainly see that the footage of this has been sped up to make it appear to fall quicker, due to the rapid movement of the characters' heads.

David Mercier

Correction: This isn't a film mistake. 'Fast motion' gags appear in almost all the Carry On films - a technique later copied by Jamie Uys in the Gods Must Be Crazy films. This is a film technique, not a mistake.

Corrected entry: The sergeant makes a comment about getting "Private widdle" a hot water Bottle to wit Widdle shows he has one. However, the type he shows wasn't patented until 1939 by Ms. Earla M. Roberts. The era the film was set would have had water bottles that were very different indeed. (00:06:10)

Baz94

Correction: They also wouldn't have had field artillery that could audibly play gramaphone records. This is a silly comedy film and it is perfectly acceptable in a Carry On film for anachronistic props to appear for the sake of a sight gag.

Corrected entry: Ruff-Diamond's letter to Queen Victoria ends with the words "Love to Albert" but Prince Albert died in 1861 and the film is set in 1895.

Correction: But their son, Prince Albert, named after his father and to whom Ruff-Diamond is obviously referring, died in 1910.

Continuity mistake: About 30 minutes away from the end, Brother Belcher can be seen walking past the gates. Then, when he's 1 yard away from the gates just to make sure it's all clear for him to go, he gets a bullet that flies out of nowhere. When the bullet hits his hat, the hat shoots upward and out of shot. In the wide shot of all the gates and the walls, there is no sign of his hat.

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Captain Keene: Fire at will.
Brother Belcher: Poor old Will, why do they always fire at him?

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Trivia: The role of Captain Keene (portrayed by Roy Castle) was originally intended for Carry On regular Jim Dale.

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