Carry On Cleo is the tenth film in the Carry On film series and was released in 1964. ICONS.a portrait of England cite the Carry On films as iconic of British cinema, and describe Carry On Cleo as "perhaps the best".
Such was the significance of this film that it was amongst three Carry On films (along with Carry On Sergeant and Carry On Screaming) whose original movie posters were reproduced by the Royal Mail on stamps to celebrate the 50th anni...
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Carry On Cleo is the tenth film in the Carry On film series and was released in 1964. ICONS.a portrait of England cite the Carry On films as iconic of British cinema, and describe Carry On Cleo as "perhaps the best".
Such was the significance of this film that it was amongst three Carry On films (along with Carry On Sergeant and Carry On Screaming) whose original movie posters were reproduced by the Royal Mail on stamps to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 'Carry On' movie series in June 2008.
The Romans invade the wet and miserable Britain, and enslave the cowardly maker of square wheels Hengist Pod (Kenneth Connor) and the fearless warrior Horsa (Jim Dale), among others. When an attempt is made to kill the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar (Kenneth Williams) at a Roman temple, Horsa kills Caesar's enemies, but Hengist gets all the credit, and is made Caesar's bodyguard. Meanwhile, Mark Antony (Sid James), Caesar's best friend, becomes besotted with the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra (Amanda...
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