"The Funniest Film Since 54 B.C."

1964

1h 34m

6.6(101 votes)

Comedy

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.

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83 members

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Sidney James

Mark Antony

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Kenneth Williams

Julius Caesar

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Kenneth Connor

Centurion Hengist Pod

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Charles Hawtrey

Seneca

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Joan Sims

Calpurnia

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Jim Dale

Horsa

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Amanda Barrie

Cleopatra

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Victor Maddern

Sergeant-Major

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Julie Stevens

Gloria

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Sheila Hancock

Senna Pod

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Jon Pertwee

Soothsayer

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Francis de Wolff

Agrippa

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Michael Ward

Archimedes

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Brian Oulton

Brutus

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Tom Clegg

Sosages

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Tanya Binning

Virginia

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David Davenport

Bilius

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Peter Gilmore

Galley Master

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Ian Wilson

Small Messenger

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Brian Rawlinson

Hessian Driver

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Gertan Klauber

Marcus

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Warren Mitchell

Spencius

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Michael Nightingale

Ancient Briton

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Peter Jesson

Seth

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E. V. H. Emmett

Narrator (voice)

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Jack Arrow

Senator (uncredited)

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Peter Avella

Horsa's Companion (uncredited)

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Delta Balch

Citizen (uncredited)

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Gloria Best

Handmaiden (uncredited)

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Jimmy Charters

Citizen (uncredited)

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Peggy Ann Clifford

Willa Claudia (uncredited)

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Billy Cornelius

Horsa's Companion (uncredited)

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John Corrie

Soldier (uncredited)

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Victor Coventry

Senator (uncredited)

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Bill Douglas

Companion (uncredited)

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Sally Douglas

Mark Antony's Dusky Maiden (uncredited)

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Maurice Dunster

Citizen (uncredited)

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Hugh Elton

Soldier (uncredited)

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Norman Fisher

Senator (uncredited)

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Joanna Ford

Vestal Virgin (uncredited)

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Peter Fraser

Horsa's Companion (uncredited)

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Jill Goldston

Citizen (uncredited)

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Richard Gregory

Senator (uncredited)

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Pat Hagan

Senator (uncredited)

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Victor Hagan

Senator (uncredited)

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Patrick Halpin

Citizen (uncredited)

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Mark Hardy

Guard at Caesar's Palace (uncredited)

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Victor Harrington

Scribe (uncredited)

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Walter Henry

Roman Soldier (uncredited)

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George Holdcroft

Senator (uncredited)

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Gloria Johnson

Vestal Virgin (uncredited)

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Judi Johnson

Gloria's Bridesmaid (uncredited)

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Gerry Judge

Senator (uncredited)

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Pat Judge

Senator (uncredited)

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Juba Kennerley

Senator (uncredited)

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Cyril Kent

Senator (uncredited)

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Crew

John Ketteringham

Solider (uncredited)

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Anthony Lang

Senator (uncredited)

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Roy Lansford

Mark Antony's Guard (uncredited)

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Pat Lewis

Citizen (uncredited)

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Jane Lumb

Vestal Virgin (uncredited)

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Norman Mitchell

Heckler (uncredited)

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Richard Neller

Senator (uncredited)

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Tony O'Leary

Citizen (uncredited)

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Cecil Paul

Senator (uncredited)

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Fred Peck

Senator (uncredited)

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Lionel Pope

Senator (uncredited)

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Christine Rodgers

Handmaiden (uncredited)

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Laurie Rose

Citizen (uncredited)

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Frank Schock

Citizen (uncredited)

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Vicki Smith

Vestal Virgin (uncredited)

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Tony Snell

Bit Part (uncredited)

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Philip Stewart

Senator (uncredited)

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John Tatham

Senator (uncredited)

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Thelma Taylor

Seneca's Servant (uncredited)

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Reg Thomason

Citizen (uncredited)

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Rita Tobin-Weske

Citizen (uncredited)

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Joseph Tregonino

Citizen (uncredited)

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Virginia Tyler

Handmaiden (uncredited)

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James Ure

Citizen (uncredited)

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Wanda Ventham

Pretty Bidder (uncredited)

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Donna White

Vestal Virgin (uncredited)

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Sonnie Willis

Senator (uncredited)

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