The
Carry On gang carries on with this 17th entry in the gang's never-ending series of lowbrow British comedy films. This time the
Carry On crowd spoofs the stiff-upper-lip, "defending-the-Empire" epics of an earlier era. Comic opera British troops are sent to the Khyber Pass to prevent the local citizenry from discovering what's under the kilts of the Scottish Devil's Regiment. Series regulars
Sidney James, Kenneth Williams,
Charles Hawtrey and
Joan Sims are put through their usual risque paces by their usual director
Gerald Thomas. This stirring historical saga was followed by the equally inspiring 1970 epic Carry On, Up the Jungle. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide