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	'''''Up the Chastity Belt''''' (also released as '''''Naughty Knights''''' in the United States) is a 1971 British comedy film directed by [[w:Bob Kellett\|Bob Kellett]] and starring [[Frankie Howerd]]. It was a spin-off from the TV series ''[[Up Pompeii!]]''		'''''Up the Chastity Belt''''' (also released as '''''Naughty Knights''''' in the United States) is a 1971 British comedy film directed by [[Bob Kellett\|Bob Kellett]] and starring [[Frankie Howerd]]. It was a spin-off from the TV series ''[[Up Pompeii!]]''

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	'''''Up the Chastity Belt''''' (also released as '''''Naughty Knights''''' in the United States) is a 1971 British comedy film directed by [[Bob Kellett]] and starring [[Frankie Howerd]]. It was a spin-off from the TV series ''[[Up Pompeii!]]''		'''''Up the Chastity Belt''''' (also released as '''''Naughty Knights''''' in the United States) is a 1971 British comedy film directed by [[w:Bob Kellett\|Bob Kellett]] and starring [[Frankie Howerd]]. It was a spin-off from the TV series ''[[Up Pompeii!]]''

	==Plot==		==Plot==

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{{short description|1971 British comedy film}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2013}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Up the Chastity Belt
| image = "Up_The_Chastity_Belt"_(1971).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Australian poster
| director = [[Bob Kellett]]
| producer = {{ubl|Terry Glinwood|[[Ned Sherrin]]}}
| writer = {{ubl|[[Sid Colin]]|[[Ray Galton]]|[[Alan Simpson (scriptwriter)|Alan Simpson]]}}
| narrator =
| starring = [[Frankie Howerd]]
| music = [[Carl Davis]]
| cinematography = [[Ian Wilson (cinematographer)|Ian Wilson]]
| editing = Al Gell
| distributor = [[Anglo-EMI]]
| released = 1971
| runtime = 94 min
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =£216,000<ref>{{Cite book|page=105|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dQZ0DwAAQBAJ&q=%22emi+films+and+the+limits+of+british+cinema%22&pg=PA1|title=EMI Films and the Limits of British Cinema|first=Paul|last= Moody|publisher=Springer|date= Oct 19, 2018|isbn = 9783319948034}}</ref>
| gross =
}}

'''''Up the Chastity Belt''''' (also released as '''''Naughty Knights''''' in the United States) is a 1971 British comedy film directed by [[Bob Kellett]] and starring [[Frankie Howerd]]. It was a spin-off from the TV series ''[[Up Pompeii!]]''

==Plot==
[[Eleanor of Aquitaine]] gives birth to twin sons, Lurkalot first and then Richard. But the nobles, led by Sir Braggart de Bombast, abduct baby Lurkalot and abandon him in a forest to die. He is raised by a family of pigs who belong to Sir Coward de Custard who takes him in as a [[serf]]. By way of remittance, Lurkalot aids his master by selling love potions and chastity belts as well as some unusual inventions in the local village, as Sir Coward is not a particularly successful noble. Lurkalot is also visited by strange "voices" in the middle of the night who speak to him and try to tell him who he really is, but get drowned out by events like lightning.

All grown up, Richard is bored of ruling England and decides to go on a [[Third Crusade|crusade]]. Meanwhile, Sir Braggart de Bombast wants to acquire Sir Coward's lands and daughter for himself and makes him an offer. Sir Coward refuses but invites Sir Braggart and his followers to a banquet so as not to offend them, but refuses to toast [[John of England|Prince John]]. Offended, Sir Braggart challenges Sir Coward to a duel, with Lady Lobelia as the prize. Lurkalot, although not a [[knight]], takes up the challenge as the "Man with no name" and defeats Sir Braggart's champion, Sir Grumbell de Grunt, with the aid of a giant magnet. Realising that the rules of [[chivalry]] have not been met, Sir Braggart declares the duel void and declares war. Lurkalot and Lady Lobelia flee to his [[workshop]] where to protect his master's daughter, he locks her up with a [[chastity belt]].

Sir Coward responds to the challenge by running away to join the crusades, whilst Lurkalot, encouraged by his voices, goes to find both him and Richard the Lionheart. Once in the Holy Land, he discovers that the "crusades" are actually a [[Bacchanalia]]n [[orgy]], an excuse to leave the wives and families for a few years. [[Saladin]] is actually a friend of a crusader and started everything. Richard will not leave the Holy Land, as he is with [[Scheherazade]] and insists on trying every position in the ''[[Kama Sutra]]''. Lurkalot's voices provide inspiration, and he takes all the unused weaponry and fashions them into chastity belts. He then brings [[feminism]] to Saladin's women, who go on strike, and Richard is forced to return home.

In Germany, Richard meets a local woman and decides to stay with her. He casually tosses Lurkalot the crown and says that if he looks like him, he can be him. Lurkalot returns home and attempts to rally the people, but he is recognised as Lurkalot and is accused of [[witchcraft]] following his earlier escape from the [[castle]] where he used his flying machine. After being [[Cucking stool|ducked]], he is sentenced to death by burning, but is rescued by [[Robin Hood]]. They plan an attack on Sir Braggart and are joined by Sir Coward, who is fed up with being bullied and fortified by smoking from a [[hookah]] pipe. Meanwhile, Richard has had to flee to England following an ignoble episode with his German woman and returns to Lurkalot's village, where he is captured by people mistaking him for Lurkalot.

Sir Coward feigns severe illness to get himself and Lurkalot into the castle, where they are incarcerated. He suffers withdrawal symptoms from the loss of his hookah and Lurkalot offers to make him a remedy based on [[sulphur]] and [[charcoal]], but spills in [[Potassium nitrate|saltpetre]] by accident. He mixes it together, but Sir Coward, who hates taking medicine, throws it in the direction of a fire, where it ignites and blows open the door. Lurkalot calls his new invention "[[gunpowder|gone powder]]" and they use it to open the castle gate so Robin Hood can attack. Meanwhile, Sir Braggart duels Lurkalot and reveals that he must be Richard's twin brother. The two battle all over the castle, and he is eventually forced to flee in disgrace. Richard then resumes his rule and everything is right in the land. He agrees to marry Lady Lobelia and makes Lurkalot a knight, but Lurkalot gets Lady Lobelia whilst Richard returns to Scheherazade.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Frankie Howerd]] as Lurkalot / [[Richard the Lionheart]]
*[[Graham Crowden]] as Sir Coward de Custard
*[[Bill Fraser]] as Sir Braggart de Bombast
*[[Hugh Paddick]] as [[Robin Hood]]
*[[Anna Quayle]] as Lady Ashfodel
*[[Eartha Kitt]] as Scheherazade
*[[Roy Hudd]] as Nick the Pick
*[[Godfrey Winn]] as Archbishop of all England
*[[Anne Aston]] as Lobelia
*[[Lance Percival]] as Reporter
*[[Royce Mills]] as Knotweed
*[[Fred Emney]] as Mortimer
*[[Dave King (actor)|Dave King]] as Landlord of the Blue Boar
*[[David Prowse]] as Sir Grumbel de Grunt
*[[Nora Swinburne]] as Lady in Waiting
*[[Judy Huxtable]] as Gretel
*[[Lally Bowers]] as The Voice (voice)
*[[Derek Griffiths]] as Saladin
*[[Iain Cuthbertson]] as Teutonic Knight
*[[Billy Walker (boxer)|Billy Walker]] as Chopper
*[[Rita Webb]] as Maid Marian
*[[Long John Baldry]] as Little John
*[[David Kernan]] as Troubador
*[[Frank Thornton]] as Master of Ceremonies
*[[David Battley]] as Yokel
*[[Chris Sandford]] as Mutch
*[[Norman Beaton]] as Blacksmith
*[[Sam Kydd]] as Locksmith
*[[John Gorman (entertainer)|John Gorman]] as 1st Man-at-arms
*[[Aubrey Woods]] as Vegetable Stall Owner
*[[Christopher Timothy]] as Vendor
*[[Sammie Winmill]] as Waitress
*[[Patricia Quinn (Northern Irish actress)|Patricia Quinn]] as Wife
*[[Ian Trigger]] as Lucky Charm Seller
}}

==Production==
The film had investment from the [[Robert Stigwood]] Organisation.

===Music===
[[Eartha Kitt]] sings "A Knight for My Nights".

==Reception==
The film was a financial success.<ref>City comment: Thanks to the pound Swan, Hunter; Stigwood, Robert. The Guardian 2 Aug 1972: 16.</ref> It was one of the most popular movies of 1972 at the British box office.<ref>{{cite book|page=270|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NTmrBgAAQBAJ&q=guinness+book+of+box+office+hits+swern+childs&pg=PA268|title=British Film Culture in the 1970s: The Boundaries of Pleasure: The Boundaries of Pleasure|first=Sue|last= Harper|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|date= 2011|isbn = 9780748654260}}</ref>

The ''[[Radio Times]]'' gave the film two out of five stars, finding "few comic highlights to brighten these 'dark ages'".<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.radiotimes.com/film/fw6j56/up-the-chastity-belt/|title =Up the Chastity Belt|first =David |last =Parkinson|website =Radio Times|access-date =12 January 2020}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{AllRovi movie|34651}}
* {{British Comedy Guide|film|up_the_chastity_belt}}
* {{IMDb title|0067917}}

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