Carry on Cleo (1965)
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The multi-million dollar film extravaganza Cleopatra was too convenient a target for Britain's "Carry On" funsters to ignore. The plot of Carry on Cleo, if one can discern a plot amidst the sight gags and outrageous puns, involves the attempts by a bungling slave (Kenneth Connor) to rescue Julius Caesar (Kenneth Williams) from assassination. Instigators of the plot are Cleopatra (Amanda Barrie) and Mark Anthony (Sidney James), who comport themselves like a couple of Liverpool pub owners. The best bit involves Mark Anthony's "beheading" of the legendary asp. Filmed on a tight 160,000 pound budget and utilizing leftover sets from the Taylor/Burton epic, Carry On Cleo's reputation rests chiefly on a legal brouhaha involving its advertising artwork, which was deliberately patterned after the ads for the "real" Cleopatra. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Sidney James - Marc Antony
- Kenneth Connor - Hengist Pod
- Joan Sims - Calpurnia
- Julie Stevens - Gloria
- Sheila Hancock - Senna Pod
- Michael Ward - Archimedes
- Tom Clegg - Sosages
- Brian Oulton - Brutus
- Jim Dale - Horsa
- Ian Wilson - Messenger
- Jon Pertwee - Soothsayer
- Kenny Williams - Julius Caesar
- Charles Hawtrey - Seneca
- Amanda Barrie - Cleopatra
- Victor Maddern - Sgt. Major
- David Davenport - Bilius
- Francis de Wolff - Agrippa
- Peter Gilmore - Galley master
- Warren Mitchell - Spencius
- E.V.H. Emmett - Narrator
- Brian Rawlinson - Hessian Driver
- Gertan Klauber - Marcus
- Director(s):
- Gerald Thomas
- Writer(s):
- Talbot Rothwell
- Producer(s):
- Peter Rogers
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