Carry On Henry

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Carry On Henry
Original UK quad poster by Renato Fratini
Directed by	Gerald Thomas
Written by	Talbot Rothwell
Produced by	Peter Rogers
Starring	Sid James Kenneth Williams Charles Hawtrey Joan Sims Terry Scott Barbara Windsor Kenneth Connor
Cinematography	Alan Hume
Edited by	Alfred Roome
Music by	Eric Rogers
Distributed by	Rank Organisation
Release date	17 February 1971 (1971-02-17)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£214,500[1]

Carry On Henry is a 1971 British historical comedy film, the 21st release in the series of 31 Carry On films (1958–1992). It tells a fictionalised story involving Sid James as Henry VIII, who chases after Barbara Windsor's character Bettina.

The film is based on the "secret history" concept, with a manuscript revealing that Henry VIII had two additional wives. A widowed Henry VIII has a marriage of state to Marie of Normandy, the favourite cousin of King Francis I of France. Henry does not consummate the marriage, because he is repulsed by her habit of eating garlic before coitus. Marie starts an extramarital affair with a courtier. When Henry realizes that his wife is pregnant by another man, he tries to get rid of her without negating his alliance to Francis. He eventually agrees to acknowledge Marie's child as his own, but he is determined to marry his new love interest Catherine Howard.