poster

1964

(11/08/1964) (GB)

Comedy,

1h 34m

65

User Score

The Funniest Film Since 54 B.C.

Overview

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.

1964

65

User Score

(11/08/1964) (GB)

Comedy,

1h 34m

The Funniest Film Since 54 B.C.

Overview

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.

Cast

Sid James

Sid James

Mark Antony

Kenneth Williams

Kenneth Williams

Julius Caesar

Kenneth Connor

Kenneth Connor

Centurion Hengist Pod

Joan Sims

Joan Sims

Calpurnia

Amanda Barrie

Amanda Barrie

Cleopatra

Victor Maddern

Victor Maddern

Sergeant-Major

Jon Pertwee

Jon Pertwee

Soothsayer

Michael Ward

Michael Ward

Archimedes

Tom Clegg

Tom Clegg

Sosages

Peter Gilmore

Peter Gilmore

Galley Master

Ian Wilson

Ian Wilson

Small Messenger

Brian Rawlinson

Brian Rawlinson

Hessian Driver