FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

GusF The second and final "Carry On" film without those words in the title, this is a major improvement over the decidedly lacklustre "Don't Lose Your Head". In an attempt to appeal to the American market, Phil Silvers was cast in the lead role. While he is extremely funny as Sgt. Nocker (who is basically Sgt. Bilko in all but name), his presence made little difference to the film's box office takings. He is not on the same level as the series' best guest lead Harry H. Corbett in "Carry on Screaming!" but he's not far behind either and is a great addition to the film. The dialogue is suitably ribald and witty while the difficult journey to the fort is the funniest extended sequence in the film.In his eighth "Carry On" appearance, Jim Dale gets his best role so far as Bo West, a parody of "Beau Geste", and he forms half of a great double act with Peter Butterworth as his dim-witted valet turned fellow legionnaire Simpson. Of the cast members from the older films, Kenneth Williams gets the most and the best material as the hilariously cod German accented Commandment Burger, a great parody of stuffy 19th / early 20th Century Prussian officer types. As ever, Charles Hawtrey does what he does brilliantly and Joan Sims has some of the film's best lines as Zig-Zig. Bernard Bresslaw plays Abdul Abulbul - you could write a song about someone with that name! - fairly straight and is very effective in the role, his towering height serving to make the Sheikh even more intimidating. As in "Carry On Cowboy", Angela Douglas makes for a rather dull female lead. However, the absence of Sid James was noticeable, as were the continued absences of Kenneth Connor and Hattie Jacques. At least two of them return in the next film "Carry On Doctor"!

clivey6 Not sure you could get away with screening this on BBC1 early evening these days, though its strangely reassuring to find that the old Middle Eastern Muslim antipathy goes back 100 years and is hardly anything new. Bernard Bresslaw is a revelation as the swarthy anti-imperialist and I must say I prefer him in this to his similar role in Carry On Up The Kyber, which others prefer.Many Carry Ons basically take one movie and spoof if, be it The Scarlet Pimpernel, Cleopatra, Hammer horror, James Bond. This one does The Four Feathers, as young posh boy Jim Dale leaves Blighty brokenhearted to join the Foreign Legion, with his trusty manservant in tow.Production values are high, which makes this a joy to watch on DVD. The desert may be Camber Sands, but as this was filmed in the summer of 1967, you get some lovely shots of blazing blue skies, unlike other Carry Ons which are meant to be balmy summer but in fact were filmed in February.Kenneth Williams mentions his tensions with interloper Phil Silvers in his diaries, though it's clear he may have been jealous of someone other than him monopolising the conversation. You don't get any sense of this with the first half of the film, where Silvers is on comic form and I personally soon forgot about Sid James, seeing as Silvers offered something different. The pace and interest does slacken towards the end, as there don't seem to be so many Carry On regulars on screen, it lacks that ensemble feel and with the Road films you did get a song or two chucked in to lighten the load.Within three months, Kenneth Williams and the team were back on filming Carry On Doctor that early autumn. That's a heck of a work ethic.

Jackson Booth-Millard I think this is the only Carry On film to feature an American comedian in the cast, which doesn't make any difference, because it's also one of the ones that makes me laugh least. Basically Bertram Oliphant 'Bo' West (Jim Dale) competes for the affections of Lady Jane Ponsonby (Angela Douglas) against Captain Humphrey Bagshaw (Peter Gilmore), and to get a better reputation, he and manservant Simpson (Peter Butterworth) join the Foreign Legion. They are helped out by surviving soldier, Sergeant Nocker (Phil Silvers), but he was actually just hanging out in a café with the female owner Zig-Zig (Joan Sims). Knowing that Bo is innocent of some accusations, she disguises herself to bring him home, but she ends up with Sheikh Abdul Abulbul (Bernard Bresslaw). Meanwhile French villain Commandant Maximilian Burger (Kenneth Williams) is planning an attack on the fort they have been posted to, Fort Zuassantneuf. Also starring Charles Hawtrey as Captain Le Pice, Anita Harris as Corktip and John Bluthal as Corporal Clotski. I don't remember there being any innuendos, in fact, it was pretty boring that I ended up dozing towards the end, a disappointing comedy. Adequate!

crossbow0106 Absurdish even by Carry On standards, this film would be so politically incorrect now it couldn't be made (I like that). Basically, its the story of Bo, played by Jim Dale, who joins the French Foreign Legion due to a misunderstanding at a cricket game. Phil Silvers plays the Sargeant in this film, and Kenneth Williams reminds me of the Colonel in Hogan's Heroes. It has a few good gags, but it is also very labored. I found my attention wandering through it, never a ringing endorsement for a comedy. Phil Silvers tries, but the film just plods along. If you're a Carry On completist, by all means watch it. I've seen much better from them.