Carlos the Jackal is a 2010 France/Germany crime biography Starring Edgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer and Fadi Abi Samra
BBFC cuts were required for a 15 rated cinema release of an abbreviated version in 2020.
Presumably the same cuts were required for the full length TV Version.
Summary Notes
The story of Venezuelan revolutionary Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist
organization and raided the 1975 OPEC meeting.
Versions
TV Version cut
cut:
8s
run:
339:11s
pal:
325:37s
UK: The TV Version was BBFC 15 rated for strong sex and bloody violence for strong sex and bloody
violence after 8s of BBFC cuts:
2010 DVD (Episode 1 rated 07/09/2010) titled Season 01 Episode 01: Premiere Partie
2010 DVD (Episode 2 rated 08/09/2010) titled Season 01 Episode 02: Deuxieme Partie
2010 DVD (Episode 3 rated 09/09/2010) titled
Season 01 Episode 03: Troisieme Partie
Presumably the cock fighting cuts were implemented prior to submission but this is not confirmed on the BBFC database
Cut in 2002 with the following BBFC comment: One cut required to strong expletive in order to achieve requested 'PG'. Current reclassification policy does not normally allow a work to be classified at a different category if a
different version of the same work work was previously classified after July 1994.
97:01s
Phase One version passed PG without cuts in 1994 on
Carnival of Souls is a 1962 USA horror mystery fantasy by Herk Harvey.
Starring Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist and Sidney Berger.
Exists as a Director's Cut, a Theatrical Version and a shortened version. No censors cuts though.
Summary Notes
Mary Henry is enjoying the day by riding around in a car with two friends. When challenged to a drag, the women accept, but are forced off of a bridge. It appears that all are drowned, until Mary, quite some time later, amazingly emerges from the river. After recovering, Mary accepts a job in a new town as a church organist, only to be dogged by a mysterious phantom figure that seems to reside in an old run-down pavilion. It is here that Mary must confront the personal demons of her spiritual insouciance.
Versions
Director's Cut
82:21s 79:03s
UK: The Director's Cut was passed 12 uncut for moderate Horror for:
2017 Sony/Criterion Collection RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
The Carpetbaggers is a 1964 USA romance by Edward Dmytryk.
Starring George Peppard, Alan Ladd and Carroll Baker.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1964.
Summary Notes
George Peppard
plays a hard-driven industrialist more than a little reminiscent of Howard Hughes. While he builds airplanes, directs movies and breaks hearts, his friends and lovers try to reach his human side, and find that it's an uphill battle. The film's title is a
metaphor for self-promoting tycoons who perform quick financial takeovers, impose dictatorial controls for short-term profits, then move on to greener pastures.
Carrie is a 1976 USA horror thriller by Brian De Palma. Starring Sissy
Spacek, Piper Laurie and Amy Irving.
Always uncut in the UK and US except to note that the BBFC required the removal of a non-BBFC rating card for 15 rated 2024 cinema release. Banned in Finland until
1978.
Carrie is a 2013 horror drama by Kimberly Peirce. With Chloë Grace
Moretz, Julianne Moore and Judy Greer.
Promotional Material
A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White (Chloe Moretz), a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother
(Julianne Moore), who unleashes her telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.
Versions
Alternative Ending
100:56s
UK: The Alternative Ending Version was passed 15 uncut for strong bloody horror, gore and strong language.
2014 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [Theatrical + Alternative] RB Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
The alternative ending is claimed to be a little more shocking than the Theatrical Version
Theatrical Version
99:27s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 uncut for strong bloody horror,
gore and strong language for:.
2014 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [Theatrical + Alternative] RB Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
2014 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [Theatrical
only] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
The Carrier is a 1988 USA horror thriller by Nathan J White. Starring Gregory Fortescue, Stevie Lee and Steve Dixon.
Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut.
Summary Notes
The main character is stricken with a horrible disease, but it doesn't affect him. It spreads to every inamimate object that he touches, and then if another person touches the object, they are dissolved into it. No one
knows that Jake is the carrier except him. This brings about the "red objects" that specify every object that he has touched, as discovered by the community with cats. They use cats to test inanimate objects for the disease. And they cover themselves in
garbage bags to protect themselves.
Versions
Director's Cut
Unrated
~108:00s =~103:00s
US: The Director's cut is penned if for the first ever release on Code Red Blu-ray
Carry On Abroad is a 1972 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas. Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Charles Hawtrey.
BBFC category cuts for 1972 cinema release. The cuts persisted onto all home video releases.
Summary Notes
A group of holidaymakers head for the Spanish resort of Elsbels for a 4-day
visit. When they get there, they find the Hotel still hasn't been finished being built, and the weather is awful. And there is something strange about the staff. They all look very similar. To top it all off, the weather seems to be having an adverse
affect on the Hotel's foundations...
Versions
category cuts
best available
85:15s
UK: The cut
cinema version was passed PG without further BBFC cuts for:
Carry On Again Doctor is a 1969 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas.
Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Charles Hawtrey.
BBFC category cuts for 1969 cinema release. The cuts persisted onto all home video releases.
Summary Notes
Dr Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a
secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back to England to fame and fortune. But others want to cash in on his good fortunes, and some just want him brought down a peg or two.
Versions
category cuts
best available
85:13s
UK: The cut
cinema version was passed PG without further BBFC cuts for:
Carry On At Your
Convenience is a 1971 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas. Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Charles Hawtrey.
BBFC category cuts for 1971 cinema release. The cuts persisted onto all
home video releases.
Summary Notes
This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs' Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat; eventually
everyone has to get fed up with him. This is also the ideal opportunity for lots of lavatorial jokes...
Versions
category cuts
best available
85:15s
UK: The cut
cinema version was passed PG without further BBFC cuts for:
Carry On Behind is a 1975 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas. Starring Elke Sommer, Kenneth Williams and Bernard Bresslaw.
BBFC category cuts for an A rated 1975 cinema release. The cuts persisted onto all home video releases.
Summary Notes
Professors Vrooshka and Crump decide to visit an archaeological
site to study the artifacts there. Lo and behold, it's right next to a caravan site where all manner of people are staying. With a randy Major owning the site, a snobbish mother, and the two professors' constant innuendos, the film ends with a sinking
caravan site and a striptease performance as a replacement for the cabaret night.
Versions
category cuts
best available
86:49s
UK: The cut
cinema version was passed PG without further BBFC cuts for:
Reel 3 - Remove sight of Linda's dangling breasts seen through caravan window.
From IMDb. Furthers cuts rescinded after appeal to censor
The BBFC originally asked for other cuts to shots of topless nudity during the film wrongly shown by Professor Crump in the opening lecture scene. The
producers successfully appealed to censor Stephen Murphy and the cuts to the opening scene were rescinded.
Carry on Camping is a 1969 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas. With Sid James, Charles Hawtrey and Joan Sims.
Cut by the BBFC for a PG rating
Summary Notes
Sid and Bernie keep having their amorous intentions snubbed by their girlfriends Joan and Anthea. The boys suggest a camping holiday,
secretly intending to take them to a nudist camp. Of course they end up in the wrong place, and meet up with the weirdest bunch of campers you can imagine! Coach loads of sex-starved schoolgirls and bands of hippies all add to the laughs.
Reel 1: Remove the line: She's been showing me how to stick my pole up
Reel 3: Remove the line: There's quite a lot of difference between our legs
Reel 3: Remove all the dialogue relating to phallic symbols
Reel 7: Delete the line Erection is fairly simple; it's getting it to stay up.
Reel 7:
Re-edit the scene when the two men and two girls are in the tent in such a way as to remove, or greatly reduce, the innuendo in the lines: How about those two things sticking out in front. Get hold of them with both hands. The producers
retained the lines but substituted a more physical visual demonstration of their meaning.
Reel 9 Remove all shots of Peter emerging from the girl's tent, and her dialogue about her having fun
BBFC examiners flagged a remark by Doctor Soaper (Kenneth Williams) - you won't find me stuffing your turkey - as a possible cut. This cut was waived, as it was technically difficult to cut.
The BBFC also question the nudist film being
played at the cinema. This was accepted after it was pointed out that it was from a real nudist film passed A by the BBFC.
Carry On Cleo is a 1964 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas. Starring
Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Kenneth Connor.
Cut by the BBFC for 1964 cinema release and the cuts persisted into all releases since.
Summary Notes
Two Britons are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome.
Hengist Pod creates useless inventions, while Horsa is a brave and cunning fighter. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Cleopatra. Cleo doesn't want him
around and plots for his sudden demise...
Versions
cut
best available
91:25s =87:46s
submitted 92:05s = 88:24s
UK: The BBFC cut the cinema release and these cuts seem to have persisted since for:
2014 Studiocanal RB Blu-ray
2007 Optimum R2 DVD
2006 TPC R2 DVD
2001 Warner R2 DVD
1997 Warner VHS
1988 Warner VHS
1964 cinema release
Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:
Reel 2 - In They are a very backward people change 'backward' to 'bashful'.
Reel 4 - Remove the line He was Liqui - dicking.
Reel 6 - The
sequence in which Mark Antony falls on top of Cleopatra on the bed, must stop before we see him wriggling his legs.
Reel 6 - Remove Lover , and shorten the scene when Mark Antony comes out of the room, so as
to get rid of the suggestion that he is physically exhausted.
Reel 7 - In the sequence in which the mute is being discussed, remove the dialogue lines I expect he works in a harem, they cut them out so that they
can't talk to the girls.
Reel 7 - Also remove the line No wonder Mark Antony has ants in his pants.
Reel 10 - Remove I bet you didn't know you had it in him.
Carry On Constable is a 1960 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas. Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Eric Barker.
The BBFC made category cuts for 1960 cinema release. The cuts have
persisted to all releases since.
Summary Notes
With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. With help from Special Constable Gorse, they
manage to totally wreck the operations of the police force and let plenty of criminals get away, even before they arrive at the station. They all have to prove themselves or else they'll be out of a job and Sergeant Wilkins will be transferred. Sub-plots
include romances between Wilkins and Moon, Constable and Passworthy.
Carry On Cowboy is a 1966 UK comedy western by Gerald Thomas. Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Jim Dale.
BBFC category cuts for an A rated cinema release in 1966. The cuts have persisted into all home video releases since.
Summary Notes
Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his
gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a "sanitary engineer" (plumber) by the name of Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal! Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is
inevitable. Marshal has two aids - revenge-seeking Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise.
Versions
category cuts
best available
90:29s
UK:
The cut cinema version was passed PG without further BBFC cuts for mild language, comic violence and sex references for:
Carry on Cruising is a 1962 UK comedy romance by Gerald
Thomas and Ralph Thomas (uncredited). Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Kenneth Connor.
BBFC category cuts were required for a U rated 1962 cinema release. The
cuts have persisted to all releases since.
Summary Notes
Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such short notice before the voyage begins there isn't
much to choose from. Not only does he get the five most incompetent shipmates ever to sail the seven seas, but the passengers turn out to be a rather strange bunch too. The SS Happy Wanderer will never be the same.
Carry On Don't Lose Your Head is a 1966 UK action comedy adventure by Gerald Thomas. Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Jim Dale.
Cut by the BBFC for a PG rated 1966 cinema release. Presumably subsequent
home video releases are the same cut version.
Summary Notes
The time of the French revolution, and Citizen Robespierre is beheading the French aristocracy. When word gets to England, two noblemen, Sir
Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy take it upon themselves to aid there French counterparts. Sir Rodney is a master of disguise, and becomes "the black fingernail", scourge of Camembert and Bidet, leaders of the French secret police...
Versions
category cuts
best available
86:55s
submitted cinema
88:50s =85:17s
UK: Presumably the cut cinema version was passed PG for:
Reel 1 - Remove "... two digits rampant" and accompanying gesture.
Reel 4 -
Remove Bidet's reaction, and question "Get what out?" after Camembert's line "Get it out!"
Reel 4 - Remove the line "You've always had magnificent balls."
Reel 4 - Remove the line "By the look of him, he isn't even armed."
Reel 5 - Remove the words "... before you feel a big one."
Reel 6 -
Remove the line "You've got two "F's" - surely you can spare an "f" for me?"
Reel 6 - Remove the lines "He's no use with any sort of weapon", "You wouldn't say that if
you'd seen him in the rose arbour."
Reel 8 - Remove the line "I didn't see any harm in letting her have a pluck."
Reel 8 - Remove the line "That was a hair
raising experience."
Braintree commented in March 2015:
The line You've always had magnificent balls is said to be cut but I'm sure its included. That very line is included in the opening montage of the theatrical That's Carry On
so unless it's not in the original film and the cut clip is only seen in the compilation ( which was made 10 years later) it would indicate that at least that cut is restored to the film.
It was the first or second of the Rank
films , now owned by ITV and it wasn't until Carlton/ITV got hold of them that the original 15 version of Carry On England was seen again. Uncut for an AA it lasted about a week in the cinema where it bombed and was withdrawn and recut for an A. It was
the A version that played on tv , was released on video etc. But the uncut version was retained so perhaps the uncut versions of the other Rank films are also in the vaults.
When Carlton released England on dvd well over a decade
ago it was something of a treat to actually get a choice to watch either version. Shame it had to be one of the worst of the series. The disc with dvd/magazine collection only included one version (not sure which one)
Carry on England is a 1976 UK war comedy by Gerald Thomas.
Starring Kenneth Connor, Windsor Davies and Judy Geeson.
Originally screened uncut with an 'AA' rating in 1976. After bombing at the box office the film was withdrawn and rapidly replaced with a cut 'A' rated version. This
cut version was released on VHS and was used for TV broadcast. The original uncut version was later passed PG for DVD release and tagged as the Director's Cut.
Summary Notes
Captain
S. Melly takes over as the new Commanding Officer at an experimental mixed sex air defence base. It's 1940 and England is under heavy bombardment, but the crew seem more interested in each other than the enemy planes above. Captain Melly plans to put a
stop to all this, and becomes the target of a campaign to abandon his separatist ideals...
Director's Cut
uncut
run:
88:41s
pal:
85:08s
UK: The Director's Cut was passed PG uncut:
2003 Carlton Visual Entertainment Special Edition [Director's Cut + Cut Version] R2 DVD
at UK Amazon
2001 Video Collection International/Cinema Club
[Director's Cut] R2 DVD
Thanks to Braintree
When Carlton released England on DVD it was something of a treat to actually get a choice to watch either version. Shame it had to be one of the worst of the series.
This was one of the Rank films and it it was
interesting to note that the uncut version was retained in the vaults. Perhaps the uncut versions of the other Rank films are somewhere hidden away in those vaults.
UK: Passed AA (14) uncut:
1976 cinema release
Thanks to Braintree
Originally released 'AA' (14) uncut. It lasted about a week in the cinema where it bombed. It was hastily withdrawn and cut for an 'A'. The BBFC database record for the original AA version seems to have been replaced by
the subsequent cut 'A' rated release
Cut Version
category cuts
cut:
run:
87:44s
pal:
84:13s
UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG :
1987 Futurevision VHS
category cuts
cut:
run:
86:24s
pal:
82:57s
sub:
87:05s
UK: Passed A (PG) after BBFC category cuts:
1976 cinema release
The BBFC cuts were:
Thanks to Vincenzo
Reel 6 - Replace joke about Heinkels and Bristols with cover material which omits the utterance of 'Fokker'.
Reel 6 - Replace shots of bare-breasted women with flash shots of bare breasts to
establishment only. [the topless nudity was in the Trousers and nothing else scene],
Two versions of the warplane recognition scene exist.
The original AA rated Director's cut included a Patrick Mower line: No, but I know a Fokker when I see one.
The cut version used the replacement line: Well, Bristols usually come in pairs
The Bristols version was the one used for BBC TV broadcast.
Carry On Follow That Camel is a 1967 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas. Starring Phil Silvers, Kenneth Williams and Jim Dale.
BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A" rated cinema release in
1967. The cuts have persisted into PG rated home video releases since.
Summary Notes
Bertram Oliphant West (also known as Bo West) wants to clear his unjustly smeared reputation.
He joins the Foreign Legion, with Simpson his manservant in tow. But the fort they get posted to is full of eccentric legionnaires, and there is trouble brewing with the locals too. Unbeknown to Bo, his lady love has followed him in disguise...
Versions
category cuts
cut:
~39s
run:
94:48s
pal:
91:00s
sub:
95:21s
UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG
without further cuts:
Carry On Girls is a 1973 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas Starring Sidney James, Barbara Windsor and Joan Sims
Category cuts were required for an 'A' rated cinema release in 1973. Video releases are PG rated and slightly less cut.
Summary Notes
Local councillor Sidney Fiddler
persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to
sabotage the contest.
Carry On Jack is a 1964 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas Starring Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey and Bernard Cribbins
BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A' rated cinema release in 1963. These cits
have persisted to all PG rated video releases since.
Summary Notes
This is the tale of Albert Poop-Decker, a newly commissioned Midshipman (although he took 8 1/2 years to qualify).
He joins the frigate Venus, and adventures through Spanish waters, mutinee and Pirates taking his Captain, his sweet-heart and his best-friend with him! With mistaken identities and shipwrecks awash, it's a surprise any of them live to tell the tale!
Versions
category cuts
cut:
run:
90:43s
pal:
87:05s
UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG for
mild language, innuendo and comic violence:
Carry On Loving is a 1970 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas Starring Sidney James, Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey
BBFC cuts were required for an 'A' rated cinema release in 1970. The same cut version was released on home video with a PG rating.
Summary Notes
The Wedded Bliss
computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much Snogging on-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough complications in his own love life, but still produces a pamphlet called "The Wit to Woo". The strange collection
of hopefuls lead to some outlandish matches, and jealousies are bound to lead to trouble.
Carry On Nurse is a 1959 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas Starring Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Connor
Cut by the BBFC for U rated cinema release in 1959. Most of the cuts persisted onto PG rated home video releases.
Summary Notes
An idiosyncratic group of patients
wreak havoc in the men's surgical ward of Haven Hospital. They decide to take their revenge on the frosty Matron, and there is even a spot of DIY surgery!
Versions
best available
cut:
run:
86:37s
pal:
83:09s
UK: Passed PG for mild innuendo and slapstick violence:
From IMDb. Part of the shaving scene cut from cinema release was restored but otherwise the cinema cuts persisted onto video.
category cuts
cut:
run:
85m
pal:
82m
UK: Passed U after BBFC category cuts:
1959 cinema release
Thanks to Vince. The BBFC cuts list read:
Reel 1 - In the scene where the male patient is shaved, end the episode immediately after the words "I'm not going to shave your face" have been spoken. Reel 2 - After the nurse's words "What a fuss about such a little thing", remove the shot of the patient peering under the sheet.
Reel 5 - Remove "Get the doctor to give you something to make you sleep." Reel 7 - Remove "Yes, you can pick up Mr. Hickson's balls."
Carry On Regardless is a 1961 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas, Ralph
Thomas Starring Sidney James, Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey
BBFC category cuts were required for U rated 1961 cinema release and presumably the
same cuts have applied to all releases since.
Summary Notes
The Helping Hands agency employs some very strange people to perform some very strange jobs. Even the simplest of tasks get
bungled by the incompetent but lovable staff.
Reel 2 - In the 'Penny Panting' scene, remove shots of Sam lowering his trousers. Reel 3 - Remove "Oh no, there is nothing wrong with my knockers." Reel 4
- Remove "Do you now" and the accompanying visual. Reel 6 - Remove the final shot of Gabriel as he faints in the boxing ring. Reel 7 - Remove "What is it you like doing most of all in bed" and "The bed of the century
helps you do it better." Reel 9 - The scene between Delia and a bachelor who is seeking a wife should be sortened to remove as much as possible of the innuendo.
Carry On Screaming is a 1966 UK comedy horror by Gerald Thomas
Listed as uncut by the BBFC but the running time of home video releases doesn't stack up with the original cinema release. It has been suggested that home video releases may be a TV version.
Carry On Spying is a 1964 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas Starring Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor and Bernard Cribbins
BBFC category cuts were required for an A rated cinema release in 1964. The BBFC cuts have persisted into all releases since.
Summary Notes
Agent Simpkins and trainees
chase STENCH (the Society for the Total Extinction of Non-Conforming Humans) for a stolen chemical formula, using gadgets and disguises to defeat villains The Fat Man, Dr Milchman, and Dr Crow.
Versions
category cuts
cut:
run:
87:02s
pal:
83:33s
UK: The cinema version was BBFC U rated for mild language, innuendo and comic violence:
Reel 5 - Remove the words "more than enough for a fat man with a very small dossier."
Reel 6 - Remove Daphne's line "Most men find her very exciting" and ensuing conversation in
which she whispers to the fat man and he replies, resuming on "Let me see your shimmy."
From IMDb:
A scene - apparently now lost - shows Agent Bind stopping to feed money into a fruit machine as the other recruits are escaping the fun house. It would seem that all existing prints of "Spying"
now fade out just before this occurs but there is anecdotal evidence suggesting that this full version had been shown on British TV at least once during the 70s.
Carry On Up the Khyber is a 1968 UK comedy adventure by Gerald
Thomas. Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Charles Hawtrey.
3 dialogue cuts were made for an 'A' rated 1968 cinema release. One of these cuts was restored for 2001 and 2003 PG rated DVD.
Summary Notes
Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British
outpost near the Khybar pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think they were safe. But the Khazi of Kalabar has other ideas. He wants all the British dead! But his troops fear the "skirted-devils"; they are
rumoured not to wear anything underneath. Then one is caught with his pants on...
Versions
category cuts
best available
85:36s
UK: Passed PG with 1 cut restored for:
2003 Carlton R2 DVD
2001 Video Collection International R2 DVD
at UK Amazon
Bungdit Din's line: He's just a travelling fakir was restored. The BBFC noted that a similar joke with the dialogue: fakir off, already existed in the film.
The other 2 cuts remained though, as these were pre-cut for the the version
submitted to the BBFC:
Remove Governor's wife's remarks to Governor: You never bother to riddle me.
Remove Belcher's line: Just get me a tool to dig with.
category cuts
UK: Passed A after BBFC category cuts for:
1968 cinema release
Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:
Reel 2 - Remove Governor's wife's remarks to Governor: You never bother to riddle me.
Reel 5 - Remove Belcher's line: Just get me a tool to dig with.
Reel 7 - Remove Bungdit Din's line: He's just a travelling fakir."
Casablanca is a 1942 USA war romance by Michael Curtiz. Starring Humphrey
Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid.
Casablanca was once banned in Ireland in 1942, and was still cut in 1974
The most infamous film ban in Ireland
See
article from irishcentral.com The most infamous film ban in Ireland was of the classic Casablanca in 1942. The officially neutral Ireland
said it was Allied propaganda and felt sorry for the poor Nazis and how they were portrayed..
It was banned on March 19, 1942, for infringing on the Emergency Powers Order (EPO), preserving wartime neutrality in the way it portrayed Vichy France and
Nazi Germany in a sinister light.
Soon after the end of the war in Europe the film was unbanned but passed with cuts on June 15, 1945, The cuts were to dialogue between Rick and Ilsa referring to their love affair. It seemed even talking about affairs
was forbidden in Ireland.
Amazingly, even in 1974, the people of Ireland had to be saved from Casablanca. The censor passed it with one cut on July 16, 1974. RTÉ had asked about showing the film on TV -- it still required a dialogue cut to Ilsa
expressing her love for Rick.
Summary Notes
The story of Rick Blaine, a cynical world-weary ex-patriate who runs a nightclub in Casablanca, Morocco during the early stages of WWII.
Despite the pressure he constantly receives from the local authorities, Rick's cafe has become a kind of haven for refugees seeking to obtain illicit letters that will help them escape to America. But when Ilsa, a former lover of Rick's, and her husband,
show up to his cafe one day, Rick faces a tough challenge which will bring up unforeseen complications, heartbreak and ultimately an excruciating decision to make.
Perché quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer?
The Case of the Bloody Iris is a 1972 Italy mystery thriller by Giuliano Carnimeo (as Anthony Ascott). Starring Edwige Fenech, George Hilton and Paola Quattrini.
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated cinema release in 1973. Uncut and 18 rated on DVD.
Summary Review
Beautiful young model Jennifer Lansbury and her goofy friend Marilyn Ricci move into a
swanky high-rise apartment after the previous tenant gets brutally murdered. Pretty soon Jennifer is being stalked by the mysterious killer. Probable suspects include a predatory lesbian neighbor, a weird old woman and her deformed son, and even the
building's handsome architect who suffers from a severe blood phobia.
The Case of the Bloody Iris is pretty much the standard Giallo of the time, but works well and is one of the better ones of an era dominated by them.
Director Giuliano Carnimeo going under the name Anthony Ascott does a solid job at keeping the pace moving along and there's no shortage of suspects and nudity. The murder scenes are done well with some pretty good
suspense and tension and the investigation scenes are handled well and never lag. There is always something happening here to keep it from getting slow. Either we get a murder or stalk scene or we get some nudity.
Star
Edwige Fenech is so incredibly beautiful that you're astonished to see her in a low budget film.
The Case of the Smiling Stiffs is a 1973 USA comedy horror by Sean S Cunningham and Brud Talbot. Starring Sheila Stuart, Jed Ziegler and Cathy Walker.
Banned by the BBFC for 1974 but was passed later that same year after cuts.
Uncut in the US but there is an unconfirmed report of a harder version
Summary Notes
Is Emma a voyeur vampire who can turn into a bat? Apparently, and she leaves many smiling faces on her victims after
going down on them during a full moon. When they're not having sex with their suspects, two cops investigate the murders.
Long before Friday The 13th Sean Cunningham made this little beauty.
It's actually the best movie he's ever made!
Versions
uncut
X rated
~74:00s =~71:00s
US: The X rated version is uncut. (And may not now exist)
Casino Royale is a 2006 US/UK/Czech/Germany/Bahamas spy film by Martin Campbell. With Daniel Craig, Eva Green and Judi Dench.
Originally cut according to BBFC for a 12 rating. The film was also cut in
the US but differently for a PG-13 rating. The uncut version was later released on Blu-ray with a 15 rating in the UK and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes
James Bond goes on his first ever mission
as a 00. Le Chiffre is a banker to the world's terrorists. He is participating in a poker game at Montenegro, where he must win back his money, in order to stay safe among the terrorist market. The boss of MI6, known simply as M sends Bond, along with
Vesper Lynd to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. Bond, using help from Felix Leiter, Mathis and having Vesper pose as his wife, enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career. But if Bond defeats Le Chiffre, will
he and Vesper Lynd remain safe?
The BBFC later commented that not all the cut material was restored. Some material seen during the rough cut stage did not make the final cut, but the UK 15 rated release is now the same as the uncut version already released is Scandinavia,
Netherlands, Japan and Australia.
US: Casino Royale is uncut and MPAA Unrated:
2019 MGM [007 The Daniel Craig Collection] R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon
US: Uncut for VoD streaming at Vudu (thanks to Neil)
advised cuts
cut:
run:
144:08s
pal:
138:22s
UK: Passed 12A/12 after BBFC advised category cuts were implemented for:
Cut on BBFC advice in 2006: This film was originally seen by the BBFC in an unfinished version, for advice as to the film's suitability at '12A'. The BBFC advised the company that the torture scene
placed too much emphasis on both the infliction of pain and the sadism of the villain for the requested '12A' category. When the completed version of the film was submitted for classification, reductions to the torture sequence had been made, including
the removal of lingering shots of the rope, close shots of Bond's facial reaction and the substitution of a more distant shot of the beating compared to the original version. This re-edited version of the scene was considered acceptable at '12A', where
the Guidelines permit violence provided there is no dwelling on detail or emphasis on injuries.
Thanks to Floyd:
The Region 3 DVD is uncut, but there's nothing graphic in the torture scene. There
are a couple of lingering shots, most notably where Le Chiffre lands the rope gently on Bond's shoulder.
In the cut version when there is a distant shot of him walking around Bond he says 'you've taken care of your body', and then in the next
shot he's swinging the rope before hitting Bond.
In the uncut version however, he lands the rope on his shoulder, and he leans over to him and says, 'such a waste'.
The sound seems to be cut down as well of Chiffre swinging the rope
before striking Bond, but nothing really shocking.
It seems that the hopes of an uncut US release are premature. The Irish 15A is the same version as the UK release. It appears that the German version has suffered even
more cuts than the US/UK versions to achieve a 12 rating.
Perhaps the uncut version may have to wait on the (inevitable) Directors Cut.
cut
cut:
run:
144:10s
pal:
138:24s
US: The PG-13 rated US region 1 release was cut.
Through the use of numerous techniques
including small snips, the shifting of edit points and alternative footage, Campbell re-edited the film's opening bathroom fight and the later stairwell fight to secure a PG-13 rating in the United States.
v Casper
- 1995 US children's comedy by Brad Silberling
Casper is a 1995 US children's comedy by Brad Silberling Starring Bill Pullman,
Christina Ricci and Cathy Moriarty
There are no censorship issues with this release beyond a non-BBFC rating symbol being removed from the 2023 cinema release. The film was BBFC PG rated for all released from 1995 until being bizarrely uprated to 12A in 2023.
Castle Freak is a 1995 US horror by Stuart Gordon. With Jeffrey
Combs and Barbara Crampton.
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1996 VHS. Then uncut from 2008 DVD still with an 18 rating. Unrated and uncut in the US but there is also a cut R rated version.
Summary Review: Old horror movie style
A neat little brutal low budget horror flick. A freak locked up in a castle gets loose and terrorises mild-mannered family.
The gloomy cinematography and the authentic Italian gothic setting propel this monster along. Yet again, Re-animator favorites Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton turn in great performances, but it is the Freak who is the showstopper.
Beautifully designed and wonderfully portrayed - a great tragic monster in the old horror movie style.
Versions
uncut
run:
95:01s
pal:
91:13s
UK: The Unrated Version was passed 18
uncut for strong bloody violence, some sexual for:
Castle of Blood is a 1964 Italy/France horror by Antonio Margheriti, Sergio Corbucci Starring Barbara Steele, Georges Rivičre and Margrete Robsahm
Exists in several variants based up on Italian, French and International versions. The film was cut by the BBFC for 1964 X rated cinema release.
Summary Review: Exotic Barbara Steele
A writer accepts a bet that he cannot spend the night alone in a haunted castle on Halloween. Once night falls at the castle, several who had been murdered therein return to life, reliving their deaths and seeking to kill the writer
for his blood.
Aside from the first boring twenty minutes before Allen is delivered to the Castle, the rest of the movie is pretty good. The creepy atmosphere and the strange, exotic, and seductive look of Barbara Steele make the
movie a lot better than it should be.
French/Italian Composite Version (Danza Macabra)
French/Italian Composite Version
run:
91:19s
pal:
87:40s
US: The French/Italian Composite Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
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This version contains a nude scene missing from other releases.
French Theatrical Version
French Theatrical Version
run:
89:04s
pal:
85:30s
US: The French Theatrical Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
The Castle of Cagliostro is a 1979 Japan family animation fantasy by
Hayao Miyazaki. Starring Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama and Kiyoshi Kobayashi.
No censor cuts but IMDb notes that the 2006 Manga dub includes profanities
not present in the Japanese original. This release also removed Japanese language from the credits
Castle of the Living Dead is a 1964 Italy / France Sci-Fi horror thriller by Warren Kiefer and Luciano Ricci (as Herbert Wise) Starring Christopher Lee, Gaia Germani and Philippe Leroy.
Uncut for X rated cinema release in 1967. A shortened version was released on UK DVD without a BBFC database entry.
Castle Of The Walking Dead is a 1967 West Germany horror mystery by Harald Reinl Starring Lex Barker, Karin Dor and Christopher Lee
There are no censorship issues with this release however the film does exist in several shortened versions.
Summary Notes
A Count executed for murdering twelve virgins in a bid for immortality returns to life, seeking revenge on the daughter of his intended thirteenth victim and the son of his prosecutor.
Versions
uncut
run:
83:46s
pal:
80:25s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong injury detail:
2023 88 Films Limited video titled Die Schlangengrube Und Das Pendel
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
Severin RA Blu-ray
shortened
run:
73:26s
pal:
70:30s
UK: A shortened version passed 15 uncut:
2011 Cornerstone Media video
1989 Saturn VHS
uncut
run:
80:55s
pal:
77:41s
UK: Uncut and BBFC X (16) rated:
1969 New Realm Entertainments cinema release (rated 16/10/1969)
Casualties of War is a 1989 USA crime war drama by Brian De Palma (as Brian DePalma). Starring Michael J Fox, Sean Penn and Don Harvey.
Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version.
Summary Notes
During the Vietnam war, a girl is taken from her village by five American soldiers. Four of the soldiers rape her, but the fifth refuses. The young girl is killed. The fifth soldier is determined that justice will be
done. The film is more about the realities of war, rather than this single event.
Versions
Extended Version
run:
118:26s
pal:
113:42s
UK: The Extended Version was passed 18
uncut for sexual violence for:
2017 Sony [HE Extended Version] video
UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
2004 Uca Catalogue R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 11th October 2004
1988 US film by Abel Ferrara. With Peter Weller, Kelly McGillis and Charles Durning.
The Director's favoured cut is his 157 minute workprint. This has never been released but has been shown at film festivals
uncut
Unrated
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
US VHS
cut
R Rated
86:41s
UK: The cut R Rated version was passed
without cuts and with previous BBFC cuts waived for:
2004 Arrow R2 DVD
US: Cut and MPAA R Rated for:
2003 Lions Gate R1 DVD
From IMDb. The MPAA cuts were to the following scenes:
A scene in which Mary is cornered by a thug in her bedroom, and is told to strip down to nude. After she does this, her captor penetrates her with the barrel of his gun, then rubs it all over her body.
The shower murder scene with the two
fully nude males contains more graphic violent footage.
27s
86:13s
The Unrated Version was passed 18 after 27s of BBFC cuts for:
1990 EIV VHS
1989 cinema release
The BBFC cuts were to the scene:
Andre DeBoya (Thomas Milan) forces Mary (Kelly McGillis) to strip. He forces his gun into her mouth and then runs it over her body pressing it into her nipple.
Cat in the Brain is a 1990 Italy horror by Lucio Fulci. With Lucio Fulci, David L Thompson and Malisa Longo.
Banned by the BBFC for 1999 VHS. Passed 18 uncut for the 2001 DVD. Uncut
and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Review: Nasty gore-fest
A horror film director is stalked by a mad psychiatrist/serial killer bent on killing people to model the killings after the director's gory
death scenes from his movies.
Cat in the Brain is one of the goriest horror movies ever made. There is a lot of blood and gore, including chainsaw butchery, bloody stabbings and numerous decapitations.
The film is also interesting as "self parody" of Fulci, but the gore and violence is the key element in it. Some of the gore FX were taken from own Fulci's movies.
Highly recommended, especially if
you like extreme cinema!
I am glad to report that the International Trading version is not only uncut, but is longer than my Italian print Un Gatto Nel Cervello
banned
92:44s
=89:01s
UK : Banned by the BBFC for:
1999 Tartan VHS
The BBFC explained the ban:
The Board carefully considered this low-budget Italian horror video in the light of the usual tests. It has
over the years, in this context, expressed concern about images which bring sex and violence together. The BBFC Draft Guidelines for Classifying Films and Videos (published in July 1998 in the BBFC's last Annual Report) identify sexually violent material
as potentially harmful. The Guidelines explain that the Board is stricter with scenes of sexual violence on video than film, because of their potential to be played over and over at home. Sexual violence may only be shown providing the scenes do not
offer sexual thrills.
A Cat in the Brain contains many sequences involving gross violence committed against women, often in a context with clear
sexual overtones. It invites the viewer to relish the detail of the violence and killings. Women are even presented as enjoying the violence visited on them. The work switches between the three levels of "actual" film-making, the
"Director's" own nightmares and the murderous attacks of the villain. However, the Board found that the main effect of this device was to enable the frequent portrayal of brutal and detailed violence, particularly towards women.
The Board concluded that the video was potentially harmful because of the influence it may have on the attitudes and behaviour of a significant proportion of its likely
viewers, whatever classification it was given. The Board considered the possibility of cuts as an acceptable remedy. It concluded, however, that the sheer quantity of the violence rendered such an approach ultimately fruitless since it would be unlikely
to change the general tone or approach of the work.
The Cat o'Nine Tails is a 1971 Italy / France / West Germany mystery thriller by Dario Argento. Starring James Franciscus, Karl Malden and Catherine Spaak.
The BBFC AA rated 1971 cinema release was cut, but the BBFC database claims it to be uncut. The contradiction hasn't been fully explained but there may be a combination of pre-cuts and BBFC cuts. The 18 rated VHS was slightly shortened
for video and 2002 DVD. The same versions was reduced to a 15 rating in 2005. The same version is unrated in the US but the PG rated version is heavily cut.
Summary Notes
A newspaper reporter and a
retired, blind journalist try to solve a series of killings connected to a pharmaceutical company's experimental, top-secret research projects and in so doing, both become targets of the killer.
Versions
best available
run:
111:36s
pal:
107:08s
UK: Presumably the same shortened version was passed 15 uncut for strong violence:
Braun telling the Superintendent that he would like to quit and return to Germany
Manuel and Giordini speaking about finding Braun's body
cut
cut:
1 - 1.5m
run:
104m
pal:
100m
UK: A cut version was passed AA (14) without BBFC cuts for:
1971 cinema release
The BBFC database suggests that no BBFC cuts were applied to a full length running time noted as 111:41s. However multiple sources report that this simply not the case.
Thanks to Ramsey:
Nearly all the scenes of violence apart from the train decapitation were crudely removed. I see that the BBFC site lists the original theatrical release as uncut, but they've either kept wrong records or the film was submitted pre-cut.
Thanks to Tim:
Despite what the BBFC website states the film does appear to have been cut for an AA rating in 1971 as a cuts list is recorded on the BBFC's Register of Exceptions. The MFB reported a
running time of 104m for the UK theatrical release compared to 111m for the uncut version meaning there must have been additional distributor cuts as well (or else the distributor had an edited print). Here is the BBFC cuts list [with my annotations
estimating cuts to be in the range 1m to 1.5m]:
Reel 2 - Reduce the scene in which the photographer is garrotted especially removing big close-ups of his contorted face. [~10s] - Shorten the opening shots in the transvestites' club so that some of the more obvious
perverts are not seen. [~20s of shots of Carlo walking past homosexuals and men in drag]
Reel 3 - Considerably reduce the garrotting of Bianca, especially remove all shots of her face being banged against the carpet,
spittle and blood coming from her mouth etc so that her face on the carpet is only seen after she is dead. [~20s]
Reel 4 - Remove the shots of Anna stripping to the waist. [~11s, two shots plus bridging shot of
Carlo]
Reel 6 - Shorten both fights, removing close-ups of bloodstained faces and in the second fight also remove the knee kicks.
shortened
cut:
23:59s
run:
90m
pal:
86m
US: There is also a US Theatrical version, significantly shortened by 23:59s, and is PG rated.
Promotional material an Amazon promised an Unrated Version but it was a false promise and the 2014 home video release featured only . R rated theatrical version
Catacombs is a 1988 Italy/US horror by David Schmoeller. With Timothy Van Patten, Ian Abercrombie and Jeremy West.
Cut by the BBFC for blasphemy. Uncut in the US
Summary Notes: A demon with cool moves
A demon is trapped in a monastery. 400 years later a young girl arrives at the monastery to
study.
Surprisingly, the characters throughout are well rounded, often humorous and quite believable. The demon that stalks the catacombs has some cool moves that unfortunately are not really exploited in the films conclusion.
Versions
uncut
run:
84m
pal:
81m
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated
2015 Shout! Factory [Double Feature with Cellar Dweller] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
2013 Shout! Factory [Horror Marathon Volume 2] R1 DVD
at US Amazon
cut
cut:
12s
run:
84:15s
pal:
80:53s
UK: Passed 18 after 12s of BBFC cuts for:
1988 EIV VHS
From the BBFC. Cut for blasphemy:
Cuts to remove a sequence in which a priest is punished for his gluttony by Christ. In the sequence removed by the Board, a statue of Christ came alive and stabbed the priest to death with a nail he had pulled from his ankle.
Dinah is a model whose face appears in an ad campaign for meat. While shooting a TV commercial, she and Steve, one of the stunt men, run off together. The advertising executives use their disappearance to generate more
publicity for... meat.
Versions
shortened
best available
Unrated
87:22s
UK: A shortened version was passed PG uncut for:
2007 Studiocanal R2 DVD titled Catch Us If You Can at UK Amazon
1990 Warner VHS
US: A shortened version is MPAA Unrated for:
2012 Warner Archive R0 DVD-R titled Having a Wild Weekend at US Amazon
Warner Bros. VoD [US only] titled
Having a Wild Weekend at US Amazon
BBFC suggested category cuts
98:34s =94:37s
UK: Passed U after BBFC suggested category cuts
were implemented for:
1965 cinema release titled Catch Us If You Can
The BBFC commented about the advised category cuts:
Before shooting commenced a producer of Catch Us If You Can contacted the BBFC in January 1965 for advice on a draft screenplay of the film that was to be directed by
newcomer John Boorman. The first response to the screenplay picked up on various potential classification issues. References to drugs, suggestive dialogue and shots of nudity or titillating semi-nudity were flagged, as was a scene featuring Guy driving a
car with his eyes shut. This might give dangerous ideas to some of the young. A note on dialogue needing to avoid reference to queers is also offered. The Sexual Offences Act 1967, which decriminalised certain homosexual acts, was still some two years
away at this time.
A number of letters were exchanged about amended versions of the screenplay, a selection of which we publish here. The Secretary of the BBFC, John Trevelyan, commends the tightness and wit of the script, and
queries whether an A certificate might better suit the clever and sophisticated dialogue. The film-makers preferred a U certificate and when the finished film was sent to the BBFC for classification in April 1965 it was indeed passed U, without cuts.
v Catchfire
- 1990 USA action crime comedy by Dennis Hopper (as Alan Smithee).
Catchfire is a 1990 USA action crime comedy by Dennis Hopper (as Alan Smithee). Starring Dennis Hopper and Jodie Foster and Dean Stockwell.
The Theatrical Version titled Catchfire was disowned by director Dennis Hopper and is
credited to Alan Smithee. There is also a Dennis Hopper approved Director's Cut only available on US VHS titled Backtrack.
Summary Notes
An artist (Foster) witnesses a Mafia hit and
calls the police. At the police station she realizes that the Mafia has a man in the force, so she runs. Trailed by the police, who need her testimony, and a hitman (Hopper) hired by the Mafia, she goes to Mexico, where eventually she meets the hitman,
who has become infatuated after studying her art and life to prepare for the hit.
Versions
Director's Cut
run:
116m
pal:
111m
US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated:
2023 KL Studio Classics [Director's Cut + Theatrical Version] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad
released on 25th April 2023
Cathy's Curse is a 1977 France / Canada horror by Eddy Matalon. Starring Alan Scarfe, Beverly Murray and Randi Allen.
In addition to the Director's Cut there is a shortened US Version.
Promotional Material
Forget what you've seen in blurry bootlegs and cruddy budget packs. This first-ever
restoration of the depraved Canadian shocker is being hailed as the genre re-discovery of the year: In 1947, a young girl is roasted alive in a car accident. Thirty years later, her grown brother returns to their childhood home with his mentally unstable
wife and sweet daughter Cathy. But when the dead aunt's vengeful spirit possesses the child, it will unleash an unnerving nightmare of creepy mediums, demonic dolls, and plenty of sick 70s foul-mouthed moppet mayhem.
Versions
Director's Cut
run:
90:43s
pal:
87:05s
UK: Presumably the
Director's Cut was passed X (18) uncut for:
1977 cinema release
US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
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2017 Severin [Director's
Cut + US Version] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
2017 Severin [Director's Cut + US Version]
R0 DVD at US Amazon
See article from movie-censorship.com . The uncut Director's Cut was shortened for US release. The shortened version gets to the action quicker and is
arguably the preferred version.
v Cats
- 2019 UK / USA family musical animation by Tom Hooper.
Cats is a 2019 UK / USA family musical animation by Tom Hooper. Starring Idris Elba,
Francesca Hayward and Rebel Wilson.
Rated PG for some rude and suggestive humor. It was resubmitted immediately prior to theatrical release to improve the CGI. There were no changes to rating or
rearing reason.
