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Director:
Gerald Thomas
Writers:
Talbot Rothwell (original screenplay)
William Shakespeare (original idea)
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Release Date:
25 October 1965 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
She had Lotions . . . and Potions . . . and Motions! more
Plot:
Two Britons are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. Hengist Pod creates useless inventions... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
A contender for the crown more (23 total)

Cast

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Caligula: Funniest Home Videos (USA) (video title)
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Runtime:
92 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | Sweden:11 | Australia:PG

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The costume worn by Sid James in this film is the one worn by Richard Burton in Cleopatra (1963). more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Early in the movie when the Romans are attacking the Briton's village, the Romans are wearing red capes hung from the shoulders. Usually worn by officers, the capes wouldn't be worn during a battle as they would hinder the soldiers as well as being used against them by the enemy by being pulled back, over their heads etc. more
Quotes:
Mark Antony: Look at them. All solid bone and muscle.
Spencius: Bone and muscle I've got plenty of. It's brains what people want nowadays.
Mark Antony: They've got brains. Artisans, every one of them. Here you, what did you do in Britain?
Hengist Pod: I was a wheelmaker.
Mark Antony: See that? He makes wheels.
Hengist Pod: Square ones.
Mark Antony: Square... Never mind. Here, you. What did you do?
Horsa: I was a hunter.
Spencius: A hunter?
Mark Antony: A hunter! Now, what about that then? A hunter. What did you hunt?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Carry on Snogging (1998) (TV) more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
A contender for the crown, 3 July 2007
10/10
Author: Edgewalker from Tuxford, England

Screaming will always be top dog as far as I'm concerned, but in the public imagination Cleo and Khyber will be forever jostling for the Carry On crown. Fair enough, as they are both deeply satisfying films - clever, but not too clever, lavish, but not too lavish. Amanda Barrie brings Cleopatra back from the grave, a young lady giving the assured performance of an old hand. Jon Pertwee gives the cameo of his life. Kenneth Connor is the living embodiment of the little man battling misfortune. Jim Dale has the comic timing of the devil, you don't need to ask who he met at a crossroads on a stormy night in the early '60s. Kenneth Williams is spoilt by a great script and revels in his good fortune. A timeless film that hasn't aged a day and probably never will.

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