Carry On Spying

Carry On Spying
Original UK quad poster by Tom Chantrell
Directed byGerald Thomas
Written byTalbot Rothwell
Sid Colin
Produced byPeter Rogers
StarringKenneth Williams
Barbara Windsor
Bernard Cribbins
Charles Hawtrey
Eric Barker
Dilys Laye
CinematographyAlan Hume
Edited byArchie Ludski
Music byEric Rogers
Production
companies
Anglo-Amalgamated
Peter Rogers Productions
Distributed byWarner-Pathé Distributors
Release date
  • 29 July 1964 (1964-07-29)
[1]
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£148,000

Carry On Spying is a 1964 British spy comedy film directed by Gerald Thomas.[2] It is the ninth in the series of 31 Carry On films (1958–1992).[3]

It marks Barbara Windsor's first appearance in the series.[4] Series regulars Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, and Jim Dale are present. Bernard Cribbins makes the second of his three Carry On appearances (although it would be 28 years before he returned in Carry On Columbus). Eric Barker appears for his third entry (his final appearance would be in Carry On Emmannuelle 14 years later). Dilys Laye returns after her series debut in Carry On Cruising. This is the last film of the series to be shot in black and white.[5] The following film was Carry On Cleo.

  1. ^ "Carry On Spying". Art & Hue. 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Carry On Spying". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Carry On Spying (1964)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Carry On Spying". britmovie.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 April 2011.
  5. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Carry On Spying (1964)". BFI Screenonline.