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Carry on Don't Lose Your Head

Original title: Don't Lose Your Head
  • 19671967
  • 1h 30m
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Carry on Don't Lose Your Head (1967)
The time of the French revolution, and Citizen Robespierre is beheading the French aristocracy. When word gets to England, two noblemen, Sir Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy take it upon themselves to aid there French counterparts. Sir Rodney is a master of disguise, and becomes "the black fingernail", scourge of Camembert and Bidet, leaders of the French secret police...
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The time of the French revolution, and Citizen Robespierre is beheading the French aristocracy. When word gets to England, two noblemen, Sir Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy take it upon themselv... Read allThe time of the French revolution, and Citizen Robespierre is beheading the French aristocracy. When word gets to England, two noblemen, Sir Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy take it upon themselves to aid there French counterparts. Sir Rodney is a master of disguise, and becomes "the ... Read allThe time of the French revolution, and Citizen Robespierre is beheading the French aristocracy. When word gets to England, two noblemen, Sir Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy take it upon themselves to aid there French counterparts. Sir Rodney is a master of disguise, and becomes "the black fingernail", scourge of Camembert and Bidet, leaders of the French secret police...
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
2.8K
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  • Director
    • Gerald Thomas
  • Writer
    • Talbot Rothwell(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Sidney James
    • Kenneth Williams
    • Jim Dale
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  • Director
    • Gerald Thomas
  • Writer
    • Talbot Rothwell(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Sidney James
    • Kenneth Williams
    • Jim Dale
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    • 22User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Sidney James and Joan Sims in Carry on Don't Lose Your Head (1967)
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    Sidney James
    Sidney James
    • Sir Rodney Ffingas Sir Rodney Ffing…
    Kenneth Williams
    Kenneth Williams
    • Citizen Camembertas Citizen Camembert
    Jim Dale
    Jim Dale
    • Lord Darcy Pueas Lord Darcy Pue
    Charles Hawtrey
    Charles Hawtrey
    • Duc de Pommfritas Duc de Pommfrit
    Peter Butterworth
    Peter Butterworth
    • Citizen Bidetas Citizen Bidet
    Joan Sims
    Joan Sims
    • Désirée Dubarryas Désirée Dubarry
    Dany Robin
    Dany Robin
    • Jacquelineas Jacqueline
    Peter Gilmore
    Peter Gilmore
    • Citizen Robespierreas Citizen Robespierre
    Marianne Stone
    Marianne Stone
    • Landladyas Landlady
    Michael Ward
    • Henrias Henri
    Leon Greene
    Leon Greene
    • Malabonceas Malabonce
    David Davenport
    • Sergeantas Sergeant
    Richard Shaw
    • Captain of Soldiersas Captain of Soldiers
    Valerie Van Ost
    Valerie Van Ost
    • Second Ladyas Second Lady…
    Jennifer Clulow
    • First Ladyas First Lady
    Jacqueline Pearce
    Jacqueline Pearce
    • Third Ladyas Third Lady
    Lewis Alexander
    • Citizenas Citizen
    • (uncredited)
    Patrick Allen
    Patrick Allen
    • Narratoras Narrator
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Gerald Thomas
    • Writer
      • Talbot Rothwell(screenplay)
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Sidney James and Jim Dale came up with the gag where a messenger is told to drop the message in to the basket and the Duc will read it later.
    • Goofs
      The modern road leading to the Chateau.
    • Quotes

      Lady Binder: But then, you've always had magnificent balls, and I wouldn't miss one of them.

      The Black Fingernail: Thank you Lady Binder.

    • Alternate versions
      As usual with the Carry On films the BBFC objected to many of the lines when the script was submitted to them, though in the end only a few cuts were made. These included a reference to Jacqueline having 'a pluck' and a stuttered use of 'fishing' during the opening narration.
    • Connections
      Edited into What a Carry On: Episode #1.1 (1984)
    • Soundtracks
      Don't Lose Your Head
      Written by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter

      Performed by Mike Sammes (as The Michael Sammes Singers)

    User reviews22

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    Top review
    A near miss
    Misfiring Carry On (the 'Carry On' name was dropped during a spat with a distributor), with plenty of good moments that don't quite add up to a top-rank whole. The plot leans heavily on Barry K. Barnes' 1937 offering The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel, with Sid James in the Barnes role, Jim Dale in Anthony Bushell's, Kenneth Williams in Francis Lister's, Joan Sims in Margaretta Scott's, Charles Hawtrey in O. B. Clarence's, and Dany Robin in Sophie Stewart's. Most of them have a great time, especially Williams, Sims and Hawtrey, while Sid James dominates the plot.

    Jim Dale has a thankless unmemorable supporting role, and the wheeze of casting a sexy French actress (her career was drawing to a close at this point), like that of casting Phil Silvers in the previous entry Follow That Camel, was a mistake, failing to generate international interest while diluting the very English comedy. Like Silvers, Robin wanders through the film gamely with a strong sense that she has no idea what is really happening, but, hey, a job's a job.

    Plenty of good moments and lines, usually delivered by Hawtrey or Sims ("Come my dear, shall we take a walk in the arbour?" "Oh, I 'ad no idea we were so close to the sea"), and lots of great character names and puns, while Williams' sharp intakes of breath get more and more exaggerated as the film goes on. Watch out for a good ad lib from Williams when Peter Butterworth accidentally knocks his hat off. There is a strong sense that the English may be less stylish and clever than the French, but they are more easygoing and fun, and generally better - in a strong tradition of lampoons of Napoleon and French centralisation that also reaches forward to the Brexit debate.

    But the plot is quite tiresome, and the climax, with a huge sword fight in which various stuntmen gradually ruin Camembert's ill-gotten art collection is extraordinarily tedious. Moments stay in the memory, but the film as a whole does not.
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    • Release date
      • December 14, 1967 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Carry On Line
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Carry on Pimpernel
    • Filming locations
      • Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Peter Rogers Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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