Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khybar pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think they were safe, but the Khazi of Kalabar has other ideas—he wants all the British dead. But his troops fear the 'skirted-devils, who are rumoured not to wear any underwear.
A film built around one joke It's remarkable just how lazy some Carry On films can be. Sometimes it feels like a competition of just how little effort can go into making an installment. Carry On Up the Khyber is a prize fighter in the art of idleness. I am not exaggerating when I saw this is a film based around one joke. We begin with the notion that the Indian population is intimidated by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment because they are rumoured not to wear any underwear. Charles Hawtrey is knocked unconscious and it's revealed he and many others do infact wear underwear and consequently the fear of the Third Foot and Mouth regiment disappears. I'll give you one guess how the plot is resolved. The joke itself isn't particularly funny. People wear underwear under their kilts... so what? Why are people intimidated by the idea that some soldiers have penises ungarmented? Perhaps being of a generation that grew up with South Park and Jackass I just don't feel any sense o
