Carry On Cleo

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.

Director(s)

Bill Douglas

Gerald Thomas

Where to watch

Tubi TV

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Cast & crew

Francis de Wolff

Agrippa

Victor Harrington

Scribe (uncredited)

Jack Arrow

Senator (uncredited)

Gertan Klauber

Marcus

Tony O'Leary

Citizen (uncredited)

Kenneth Connor

Centurion Hengist Pod

Jill Goldston

Citizen (uncredited)

Jon Pertwee

Soothsayer

Pat Hagan

Senator (uncredited)

Patrick Halpin

Citizen (uncredited)

John Tatham

Senator (uncredited)

Jimmy Charters

Citizen (uncredited)

Michael Ward

Archimedes

Norman Mitchell

Heckler (uncredited)

Sheila Hancock

Senna Pod

Reg Thomason

Citizen (uncredited)

Brian Oulton

Brutus

Warren Mitchell

Spencius

Joan Sims

Calpurnia

Kenneth Williams

Julius Caesar

Juba Kennerley

Senator (uncredited)

Walter Henry

Roman Soldier (uncredited)

Anthony Lang

Senator (uncredited)

Hugh Elton

Soldier (uncredited)

Roy Lansford

Mark Antony's Guard (uncredited)

Joseph Tregonino

Citizen (uncredited)

Peter Gilmore

Galley Master

Norman Fisher

Senator (uncredited)

Peggy Ann Clifford

Willa Claudia (uncredited)

Jim Dale

Horsa

Gerald Thomas

Sidney James

Mark Antony

Charles Hawtrey

Seneca

Amanda Barrie

Cleopatra

Victor Maddern

Sergeant-Major

Julie Stevens

Gloria

Tom Clegg

Sosages

Tanya Binning

Virginia

Billy Cornelius

Horsa's Companion (uncredited)

David Davenport

Bilius

Ian Wilson

Small Messenger

Brian Rawlinson

Hessian Driver

Sally Douglas

Mark Antony's Dusky Maiden (uncredited)

Michael Nightingale

Ancient Briton

Peter Jesson

Seth

E. V. H. Emmett

Narrator (voice)

Peter Avella

Horsa's Companion (uncredited)

Delta Balch

Citizen (uncredited)

Gloria Best

Handmaiden (uncredited)

John Corrie

Soldier (uncredited)

Victor Coventry

Senator (uncredited)

Bill Douglas

Companion (uncredited)

Maurice Dunster

Citizen (uncredited)

Joanna Ford

Vestal Virgin (uncredited)

Peter Fraser

Horsa's Companion (uncredited)

Richard Neller

Senator (uncredited)

Richard Gregory

Senator (uncredited)

Victor Hagan

Senator (uncredited)

Mark Hardy

Guard at Caesar's Palace (uncredited)

George Holdcroft

Senator (uncredited)

Gloria Johnson

Vestal Virgin (uncredited)

Rita Tobin-Weske

Citizen (uncredited)

Judi Johnson

Gloria's Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Gerry Judge

Senator (uncredited)

Pat Judge

Senator (uncredited)

Cyril Kent

Senator (uncredited)

John Ketteringham

Solider (uncredited)

Pat Lewis

Citizen (uncredited)

Jane Lumb

Vestal Virgin (uncredited)

Cecil Paul

Senator (uncredited)

Fred Peck

Senator (uncredited)

Lionel Pope

Senator (uncredited)

Christine Rodgers

Handmaiden (uncredited)

Laurie Rose

Citizen (uncredited)

Frank Schock

Citizen (uncredited)

Vicki Smith

Vestal Virgin (uncredited)

Tony Snell

Bit Part (uncredited)

Philip Stewart

Senator (uncredited)

Thelma Taylor

Seneca's Servant (uncredited)

Virginia Tyler

Handmaiden (uncredited)

James Ure

Citizen (uncredited)

Wanda Ventham

Pretty Bidder (uncredited)

Donna White

Vestal Virgin (uncredited)

Sonnie Willis

Senator (uncredited)

Details

GenresComedy

Runtime1h 34 mins

Released on08 Nov 1964

Languageen

Produced inUnited Kingdom

Reviews

CinemaSerf

7/10

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.