Carry on Henry VIII
(1971)
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Carry on Henry VIII
(1971)
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Sid James | ... |
King Henry VIII
(as Sidney James)
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Kenneth Williams | ... | |
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Charles Hawtrey | ... | |
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Joan Sims | ... | |
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Terry Scott | ... | |
| Barbara Windsor | ... | ||
| Kenneth Connor | ... | ||
| Julian Holloway | ... | ||
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Peter Gilmore | ... | |
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Julian Orchard | ... | |
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Gertan Klauber | ... |
Bidet
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David Davenport | ... |
Major Domo
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| Margaret Nolan | ... |
Buxom Lass
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William Mervyn | ... |
Physician
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Norman Chappell | ... |
First Plotter
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Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately for Henry, she is always eating garlic, and refuses to stop. Deciding to get rid of her in his usual manner, Henry has to find some way of doing it without provoking war with Marie's cousin, the King of France. Perhaps if she had an affair... Written by Simon N. McIntosh-Smith <Simon.N.Smith@cs.cf.ac.uk>
The Carry On Gang's unofficial leader, Sidney James, is rather preposterously miscast as Henry VIII in this bawdy episode from the infamous monarch's life. Here the great tyrant appears as, well, Sidney James - a pint-sized, working class heel with a mug only a mother could love - chasing tavern wenches and princesses alike with equal-opportunity horniness. The production values are surprisingly good here, for a series that was basically a run of second features, with excellent candle-lit cinematography evoking the period, and everybody seems comfortable in period costume. Kenneth Williams pulls his usual turn as a cowardly schemer that you just know will get in the cogs of his own machine once the usual zaniness starts to get going. Joan Sims, as was often the case, is along to bring the production its occasional moment of class between calamities.