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5.6/10   372 votes
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Writers:
Sid Colin (screenplay)
Talbot Rothwell (idea)
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Tagline:
It's Ludicrus Maximus - When the Forum Loses Its Decorum! more
Plot:
Roman slave Lurkio inadvertently becomes the possessor of a scroll naming the proposed assassins of the Emperor Nero... more | add synopsis
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A sexy comedy that has you wishing they had made more. more (19 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Frankie Howerd ... Lurcio
Michael Hordern ... Ludicrus Sextus
Barbara Murray ... Ammonia
Patrick Cargill ... Nero
Lance Percival ... Bilius
Julie Ege ... Voluptua
Bill Fraser ... Prosperus Maximus
Rita Webb ... Cassandra
Bernard Bresslaw ... Nero's Champion / Gorgo
Adrienne Posta ... Scrubba
Madeline Smith ... Erotica
Royce Mills ... Nausius
Ian Trigger ... Odius
Aubrey Woods ... Villanus
Hugh Paddick ... Priest
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Additional Details

Runtime:
90 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:M | UK:15 (video rating) (1989) | UK:AA (original rating) | USA:R
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Plot holes: Lurcio claims to Bilius that he didn't read the incriminating scroll because he never learned to read, but he has no problem reading the ode written by Nausius. There is no reason to believe he is lying to Bilius, because at no point does Lurcio ever appear to try to read the scroll. If he had read the scroll earlier, it would have changed the whole plot. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Lurcio: [during the opening credits when Frankie Howerd is displayed in small letters] Oh come on, bigger!
Lurcio: [the name gets bigger] Don't be ashamed of it!
Lurcio: [now bigger] Bigger!
[now even bigger]
Lurcio: Bigger!
Lurcio: [the name is now very large, and most of it has disappeared] Alright, don't go mad!
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12 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
A sexy comedy that has you wishing they had made more., 5 April 2001
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Author: Derby Crewe from Toronto, Canada

Howard has the knack of knowing when to give the audience the eye, with a just perfect leer. This film is one that shows you that it is possible to break the 4th wall to include the audience in the scene. A movie any teenage boy would love and should be viewed by all the staff at "MAXIM". When the film was first shown on TV here in North America it was a little scandalous. The English were not as prudish and had more fun that way.

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