Follow That Camel


Follow That Camel is the fourteenth in the series of Carry On films to be made, released in 1967. Like its predecessor Dont Lose Your Head, it does not have the words Carry On in its original title although for screenings outside the United Kingdom it was known as Carry On In The Legion, and is alternatively titled Carry On ... Follow That Camel. It parodies the muchfilmed 1924 book Beau Geste, by P. C. Wren, and other French Foreign Legion films. This film was producer Peter Rogerss attempt to break into the American market Phil Silvers in his only Carry On is heavily featured in a Sergeant Bilkoesque role. He appears alongside Carry On regulars Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Peter Butterworth and Bernard Bresslaw. Angela Douglas makes the third of her four Carry On appearances. Anita Harris makes the first of her two Carry On appearances.

Meanwhile Lady Jane, having learnt that Bo was really innocent, heads out to the Sahara to bring him back to England. Along the way she has several encounters with men who exploit the fact that she is naive and travelling alone. After several such runins, including with the Legion forts Commandant Burger who incidentally once was her fencing teacher and joined the Legion in selfimposed shame after he had inadvertently cut her finger during a lesson, she meets Sheikh Abdul Abulbul and ends up becoming a part of his harem and planned 13th wife.Knocker and Bo are kidnapped by Abulbul after being lured to the home of Cork Tip, a belly dancer at the Caf ZigZig. Simpson follows them to the Oasis El Nooki but is also captured. After entering Abulbuls harem and discovering Lady Jane, Bo and Simpson give themselves up while Knocker escapes or rather is allowed to by Abulbul back to Sidi Bel Abbes to warn Commandant Burger of Abulbuls plans to attack Fort Zuassantneuf. ........

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