Leslie Phillips, Carry On Columbus,1992. Producer Peter Rogers was already saying the series was: “Same film, different title.” The 31st and final Carry Ontried various duos for the King and Queen of Spain. From Frankie Howerd-Joan Sims and Bernard Bresslaw-Barbara Windsor to the almost incestuous notion of the Terry and Junesitcom “sibliings,” Terry Scott-June Whitfield. And, finally, June and Phillips (the most English of Spanish monarchs). Howerd died before filming began and Windsor - the Carry Ons’ Marilyn - said the script was crap. It was - and the cast hated it. In 2004, this was was voted - by UK film pros - as the worst British film ever made. Yet it made more money in Britain than the straight versions:1492: The Conquest iof Paradiseand Christopher Columbus: The Discovery, 1992, starring such heavyweights as Depardieu and Brando!
