Carry On Trivially

Carry On Spying Trivia

The title became, quite fittingly Agent Oooh! for it's European release.
Charles Hawtrey plays a character with his own first name, the first of many to do so in the Carry Ons. This is a bit of a comic tradition Laurel and Hardy, Tony Hancock and most notably most of the cast of Carry On Camping.
Charles Hawtrey's character was to be called Charlie Bond 001 and a half, but Bond producer Harry Saltzman found out and threatened legal action, so he was renamed Charlie Bind OOO, pronounced Oo - Oo - Ooohh!
The movie spoofed the Bond acronyms, such as SMERSH and SPECTRE, and UNCLE from The Man From Uncle franchise. These acronym spoofs in this film were BOSH, SNOG, SMUT and STENCH. Their meanings are as follows: BOSH: The British Operational Security Headquarters; SNOG: The Society for the Neutralisation of Germs; SMUT: The Society for the Monopoly of Universal Technology and STENCH: The Society for Total Extinction of Non-Conforming Humans.
Early on in production Barbara Windsor asked Bernard Cribbins if there was anyone she had to be careful with, he said "Yes, watch out for Kenny Williams, he doesn't like anyone new on set". Upon their' first scene together Barbara fluffed her lines, which Kenny stated "Oh do get it right dear". Which she retorted, "Ere you, don't you have a go at me with Fenella Fielding's minge hair round yer chops. I won't stand for it." Williams replied, "Oww! Ain't she lovely?" They became the best of friends thereafter.
Kenneth Williams previews his "We could be frying tonight" in this film, which became a famous line From Screaming ("Frying Tonight"), but it was actually said in Nurse by Kenneth Connor first.
John Bluthal (Frank from TV's The Vicar Of Dibley) plays a waiter and also dubs the voice of Dr Crow.
Liz Fraser was replaced by Barbara Windsor after seeing her walk throught the Pinewood dining hall aware of her success in The Rag Trade.
In the first treatment by Norman Hudis, Kenneth Connor was cast as secret agent Bold, Hattie Jacques as Dauntless, Joan Sims as Valliant and Sidney James as the head of the the spies. Four months later the basic script was the same, but Kenneth Williams was now the leader with the spy ring now consisting of James as Lucky Dexter, Sims as Janie May, Connor as Art Accleston, Charles Hawtrey as Fingers Allen and Esma Cannon as the administrator Amelia Barley. Peter Rogers, however, wasn't happy with the script. He'd been hoping for a James Bond parody, but what he got had one scene with the spies disguised as CND activists joining a peace rally. Disenchanted with Hudis, who he'd later call a genius, he brought in Talbot Rothwell to write a new script with the title 'Come Spy With Me', but a month later, it had reverted to the original used for the final print.
Was intended to be filmed in colour, but Peter Rogers was offered some black and white film stock cheaply and so used that instead, leaning in to the film noir style of The Third Man.
Kenneth Williams uses his catch phrase "Stop Messin' About" from Hancocks Half Hour for the first time in a Carry On.
Charles Hawtrey collapsed on the conveyor set, when she tries to help him, he has a go at her for being "So bloody nice all the time".
Kenneth Williams was hurt on the set when a piece of iron girder fell from the rafters, This contributed to going over budget by £11,000.

Continuity

When Milchmann waits for the explosion in the lab he faces it with his eyes wide open. He should have turned away and have his eyes tightly closed, probably also covered them with hands or an arm.
Bluebottle looks clean and neat when he emerges from a filthy sewer - a paradox. Then, when his contact Schnitzel falls into the same sewer, it sounds as if he fall into liquid sewage.
Simpkins and Bind lure the doorman from the fun house. The former hits him with a copper pot and the man collapses. As he does so, his fez fall off and lands in the middle of the door opening. However, in the next shot from inside the building, the fez is nowhere to be seen.
Mr Simpkins hands the formula to Leila in his railway compartment. The train brakes hard which gives him the opportunity to take formula and revolver from her. A few moments later he leaves the compartment to the outside of the carriage. The outside shot indicates that the train is moving - not stationary after braking - which can also be inferred from the noise that can be heard when the wheels run over the joints in the rails.