- Film Review
- Reviewed By David Parkinson
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4 out of 5
Mercilessly mocking Elizabeth Taylor's disastrous Cleopatra, this corking ancient history lesson was filmed at Pinewood on the very same sets and sees the Carry On team at the peak of its powers. It's hard to know where to start lavishing the praise. The puns have never been better ("infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me!") and the sets are positively luxuriant despite being second-hand. Amanda Barrie is exquisitely dippy in the title role, and Kenneth Connor and Jim Dale do well as the Britons in the imperial guard. But topping them all are Sid James's lecherous Mark Antony and Kenneth Williams's snivelling Caesar.
Plot Summary
Comedy starring Sidney James, Kenneth Williams and Amanda Barrie. The incorrigible Mark Antony falls for Cleopatra's charms and together they begin plotting against the hapless Julius Caesar.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Mark Antony
- Sidney James
- Julius Caesar
- Kenneth Williams
- Hengist Pod
- Kenneth Connor
- Seneca
- Charles Hawtrey
- Calpurnia
- Joan Sims
- Horsa
- Jim Dale
- Cleo
- Amanda Barrie
- Gloria
- Julie Stevens
- Sergeant major
- Victor Maddern
- Senna Pod
- Sheila Hancock
- Bilius
- David Davenport
- Archimedes
- Michael Ward
- Agrippa
- Francis De Wolff
- Sosages
- Tom Clegg
- Soothsayer
- Jon Pertwee
- Galley master
- Peter Gilmore
- Brutus
- Brian Oulton
- Spencius
- Warren Mitchell
- Marcus
- Gertan Klauber
Crew
- Director
- Gerald Thomas
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