Comedy

Carry On Cleo

- The Funniest Film Since 54 B.C.

Two Britons—inventor Hengist Pod, and Horse, a brave and cunning fighter—are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Cleopatra.

Release Date : 1964-11-08

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Marc Antony

Original Name : Sid James

Gender : Male

Character Name : Caeser

Original Name : Kenneth Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Horsa

Original Name : Jim Dale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cleopatra

Original Name : Amanda Barrie

Gender : Female

Character Name : Calpurnia

Original Name : Joan Sims

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hengist Pod

Original Name : Kenneth Connor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seneca

Original Name : Charles Hawtrey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gloria

Original Name : Julie Stevens

Gender : Female

Character Name : Brutus

Original Name : Brian Oulton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Archimedes

Original Name : Michael Ward

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agrippa

Original Name : Francis de Wolff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Segeant-Major

Original Name : Victor Maddern

Gender : Male

Character Name : Senna Pod

Original Name : Sheila Hancock

Gender : Female

Character Name : Soothsayer

Original Name : Jon Pertwee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marcus

Original Name : Gertan Klauber

Gender : Male

Character Name : Spencius

Original Name : Warren Mitchell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bilius

Original Name : David Davenport

Gender : Male

Character Name : Virginia

Original Name : Tanya Binning

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sosages

Original Name : Tom Clegg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Galley Master

Original Name : Peter Gilmore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ancient Briton

Original Name : Michael Nightingale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Small Messenger

Original Name : Ian Wilson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seth

Original Name : Peter Jesson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hessian Driver

Original Name : Brian Rawlinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Narrator (voice)

Original Name : E. V. H. Emmett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pretty Bidder (uncredited)

Original Name : Wanda Ventham

Gender : Female

Character Name : Guard at Caesar's Palace (uncredited)

Original Name : Mark Hardy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guard (uncredited)

Original Name : Percy Herbert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Heckler (uncredited)

Original Name : Norman Mitchell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Citizen (uncredited)

Original Name : Jill Goldston

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-04-10

A pretty paranoid Caesar (Kenneth Williams) is anything but the hero of legend. Luckily, he has the brave "Hengist" (Kenneth Connor) to protect him. He is a captured Briton who has sworn to protect his master - except, well, it's a bit of mistaken identity and he's really just an useless inventor who is even more yellow than his boss. Conspiracies abound at the court of the eponymous and flirtatious, milk-bathing, queen (Amanda Barrie) and with Mark Antony (Sid James), Agrippa (Francis De Wolff) and Seneca (Charles Hawtrey) all plotting away to stay alive, take control of the empire, seduce anyone/everyone - it's an ideal courtly scenario for the gang to get up to some high jinx. "Infamy, infamy - the've all got it infamy!" has got to be one of the most famous lines in the English language and this joyful depiction of all things phnaa phnaa works well for ninety minutes. It looks good, there's some effort gone into the quite witty and clever writing, the costumes and the sets (clearly made of polystyrene). The ensemble effort delivered by the team, aided as always by the sparingly used but on-form Joan Sims as the put upon Calpurnia, reminded me of why, at times, this series of films was worth watching. Amongst the best, I'd say.