Bertram Oliphant 'Bo' West wants to clear his unjustly smeared reputation, so he joins the Foreign Legion—with Simpson his manservant in tow. But the fort they get posted to is full of eccentric legionnaires, and there's trouble brewing with the locals too. Unbeknown to Bo, his lady love has followed him in disguise.
Directed by Gerald Thomas
foreign legion
camel
parody
sahara desert
spoof
carry on
desert
double entendre
arab
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
2.8 / 5
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Cast
Phil Silvers
Sergeant Ernie Nocker
Kenneth Williams
Commandant Maximilian Burger
Jim Dale
Bo West
Charles Hawtrey
Captain Gerrard Le Pice
Joan Sims
Zig-Zig
Angela Douglas
Lady Jane Ponsonby
Peter Butterworth
Simpson
Bernard Bresslaw
Sheikh Abdul Abulbul
Anita Harris
Corktip
John Bluthal
Corporal Clotski
William Mervyn
Sir Cyril Ponsonby
Peter Gilmore
Captain Humphrey Bagshaw
Crew
Gerald Thomas
Director
Talbot Rothwell
Screenplay
Alan Hume
Director of Photography
Peter Rogers
Producer
Popular Reviews
5 reviews
Kenny
6.0★ · 03/01/26
“Nein! Nein! Nein!” “One will be enough sir.”
The most I laughed at this movie was when they put Kenneth Williams in the pram “He’s the image of his father!” (Cough me too Jane me too)
I like that the guy chose to asphyxiate and shoot himself just to be sure
“Nein! Nein! Nein!” “One will be enough sir.”
The most I laughed at this movie was when they put Kenneth Williams in the pram “He’s the image of his father!” (Cough me too Jane me too)
I like that the guy chose to asphyxiate and shoot himself just to be sure
Steph
3.4★ · 04/27/25
I laughed once and that was when Kenneth Williams drank water and it squirted out of the bullet holes in his body
I laughed once and that was when Kenneth Williams drank water and it squirted out of the bullet holes in his body
