Don't Lose Your Head
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| Don't Lose Your Head | |
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 The theatrical poster. |
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| Directed by | Gerald Thomas |
| Produced by | Peter Rogers |
| Written by | Talbot Rothwell |
| Starring | Sid James Jim Dale Kenneth Williams Peter Butterworth Charles Hawtrey Joan Sims Dany Robin Peter Gilmore |
| Music by | Eric Rogers |
| Cinematography | Alan Hume |
| Editing by | Rod Nelson-Keys |
| Release date(s) |  December 1966 |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Probably Around £100,000 - £200,000 |
| Preceded by | Carry On Screaming (1966) |
| Followed by | Follow That Camel (1967) |
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Don't Lose Your Head is the thirteenth Carry On film (and one of only two not to have "Carry On" in the original title). It was released in 1966. Set in France and England during the French revolution, it is a parody of Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel.
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[edit] Plot
It is the time of the French revolution, and two bored English noblemen, Sir Rodney Ffing (pronounced "Effing") and his best friend, Lord Darcy Pue, (played by Sid James and Jim Dale) decide to have some fun and save their French counterparts from beheading by the guillotine. Enraged revolution leader Citizen Camembert (Kenneth Williams) and his toadying lackey, Citizen Bidet (Peter Butterworth), scour France and England for the elusive saviour of the French nobles, who has become known as The Black Fingernail. After abducting the Fingernail's true love, Jacqueline (Dany Robin), Camembert and Bidet plot to lure the Fingernail to his death... oblivious that Desiree (Joan Sims), Camembert's flamboyant ward and sister, is herself in love with the hero and will do all she can to save him from the guillotine.
[edit] Issues
The film highlights the issue of revolutionaries who, though they publicly claim to be fighting "for the people", are actually looking out for themselves. This is shown in Camembert who has amassed a vast collection of luxury items and possessions from his aristocratic victims.
[edit] Filming locations
- Clandon Hall, Guildford, Surrey, England
- Claydon Park, Claydon, Buckinghamshire, England
- Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England,
- Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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