Don't Lose Your Head
Amidst the French revolution, Citizen Robespierre is beheading the aristocracy! When word gets to England, noblemen Sir Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy Pue take it upon themselves to aid their French counterparts. Sir Rodney is a master of disguise, and becomes 'The Black Fingernail' scourge of Camembert and Bidet, leaders of the French secret police.
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Gerald Thomas
Jack Causey
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I found this to be one of the cleverer "Carry On" films with Kenneth Williams on good form as the revolutionary "Citizen Camembert" aided by his sidekick "Bidet" (Peter Butterworth) making sure that all the nasty aristos turn up for their appointment with madame guillotine. The fly in their ointment soon becomes the enigmatic and chivalrous Brit "Sir Rodney Ffing" (Sid James) and his aide-de-camp "Pue" (Jim Dale) who are bent on frustrating their French nemeses and rescuing the "Duc de Pommfrit" (Charles Hawtrey) before trying their best to ensure that the famous vertical chopper gets two, more appropriate, victims. Instead of the "Scarlet Pimpernel" we have the "Black Fingernail" but otherwise, it's a fairly enjoyable parody of the Orczy story with some good one-liners, a nice dynamic between James and Butterworth and, mercifully, little of the annoying Dale to clutter up the proceedings. It looks good, the jokes are frequently quite pithy and for my money this is James at his best. Good fun.
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Don't Lose Your Head FAQs
The directors of Don't Lose Your Head are Gerald Thomas and Jack Causey.
The cast of Don't Lose Your Head includes Nikki Van der Zyl as Messenger (uncredited), Fred Haggerty as Soldier (uncredited), Alf Mangan as Executioner's Assistant (uncredited), Dido Plumb as Citizen (uncredited), Jim Brady as Citizen (uncredited), Terence Conoley as Servant (uncredited), Lew Hooper as Solider / Citizen (uncredited), Martin Lyder as Soldier (uncredited), Gerald Paris as Soldier (uncredited), Karen Young as Girl (uncredited), Marianne Stone as Landlady, Lewis Alexander as Citizen (uncredited), and more.
The duration of Don't Lose Your Head is 1h 37 mins.
Don't Lose Your Head was released on 02 Mar 1967.
Don't Lose Your Head is listed under Comedy on Fanbiz.
Don't Lose Your Head has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "I found this to be one of the cleverer "Carry On" films with Kenneth Williams on good form as the revolutionary "Citizen Camembert" aided by his sidekick "Bidet" (Peter Butterwo..."
