Carry On Henry is the 21st of the
Carry On series and was released in
1971. It tells a fictionalised story involving
Sid James as
Henry VIII, who chases after
Barbara Windsor's character Bettina. The original alternative title was to be
Anne of a Thousand Lays a pun on the
Richard Burton film
Anne of the Thousand Days and Sid James wears the exact same cloak that Burton wore in that film.
Plot Summary
The film opens with a passage which states: