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In Jack Juliet Mills steals Bernard Cribbins' uniform and takes on his identity as Midshipman Poop-Decker

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In Jack, Juliet Mills steals Bernard Cribbins' uniform, and takes on his identity as Midshipman Poop-Decker. In a scene worthy of any Shakespearian comedy, the sailors have to disguise themselves as Spaniards. Mills dresses as a woman, so is in effect double cross-dressing. More feminine is the gorilla in women's clothes in Up the Jungle.BELLY-DANCERSBelly-dancing costumes are a particular favourite for men, but women can wear them too: Lis Fraser and Dilys Lane do in Cruising; as do Bernard Cribbins and Barbara Windsor in Spying; Sara Crowe in Columbus; and Hawtrey, Butterworth, Roy Castle and Terry Scott in Up the Khyber ...FEMALE-TO-MALE CROSS-DRESSINGAgain, a perfect way to infiltrate / escape the enemy camp, cf Liz Fielding in Regardless, Angela Douglas in Cowboy, Sara Crowe in Columbus. Bernard Bresslaw, at 6ft 7ins, is the least convincing, especially in Doctor, when his bald head and hairy chest are showing Mind you, no one sees through the disguise. He is also the most consistently convincing woman, particularly in Constable and Again Doctor. most of the Carry Ons.l There is a comical, sped-up film sequence in almost every Carry On.MALE-TO-FEMALE CROSS-DRESSINGTop espionage tip: the way to invade enemy territory unnoticed is to put on women's clothing.

Kenneth Connor dons a dress to infiltrate the rival, all-female taxi firm in Cabby, and Bernard Bresslaw disguises himself as a pregnant woman to get into a maternity hospital in Matron. He is hiding explosives in his swollen false stomach.Charles Hawtrey is the first cross-dresser in the series, wearing a nurse's uniform in, of course, Nurse (1959). KW: YES I AM!); Jim Dale discovers a sex-change formula in Again Doctor.l Jim Dale crashes through the window of a nurse's bathroom, and into the bath with her, in Doctor Sid climbs through a nurse's bathroom window in Matron. Kenneth Cope follows, and falls into the bath.l The patients prepare to carry out surgery in Nurse, and again in Doctor.l Fenella Fielding tries to seduce a terrified Kenneth Connor in Regardless, and a terrified Harry H Corbett in Screaming.l Kenneth Williams' trousers fall down in ... (Columbus)FAVOURITE INGREDIENTSl The old itching powder trick, equally hilarious in Teacher and Girls.l Love potions do their work in Cleo and Abroad.l Kenneth Williams is afraid he's undergoing a sex-change in Matron (Hattie Jacques brings him his post HJ: Your mail.

(Jack)Kenneth Williams: Who's the scrubber? (Regardless)Sid James: That's all right I could use a good scrubber (Cleo)Joan Sims: That's where we keep the other scrubbers. (Girls)JS: I don't like washing floors, but I'd rather do that than you get another scrubber (Abroad)KW: I have a housekeeper She does all the scrubbing. (Loving)6) THE BOTTOM LINE:Hattie Jacques: Constant reference to your shorts won't get us to the bottom of the trouble.(Teacher)Kenneth Connor: Getting to the bottom of the trouble, eh? (Nurse)Frankie Howerd: Well, you've reached the bottom now, haven't you? (Doctor)Alexei Sayle: That's how I get to the bottom of his enterprises. (Spying)KW: Frying tonight! (Screaming) Kenneth Connor: Frying tonight! (Nurse)5) SCRUBBING:Charles Hawtrey: And all I get is the scrubbing. (Abroad)3) UNSPEAKABLE:Kenneth Williams: Public orator? No, that's an unspeakable business (Cleo)Peter Butterworth: It was something unspeakable Never said a word.

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