
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.

Sidney James
Mark Antony

Kenneth Williams
Julius Caesar

Kenneth Connor
Centurion Hengist Pod

Charles Hawtrey
Seneca

Joan Sims
Calpurnia

Jim Dale
Horsa

Amanda Barrie
Cleopatra

Victor Maddern
Sergeant-Major

Julie Stevens
Gloria

Sheila Hancock
Senna Pod

Jon Pertwee
Soothsayer

Francis de Wolff
Agrippa

Michael Ward
Archimedes

Brian Oulton
Brutus

Tom Clegg
Sosages
Tanya Binning
Virginia
David Davenport
Bilius

Peter Gilmore
Galley Master

Ian Wilson
Small Messenger
Brian Rawlinson
Hessian Driver
Gerald Thomas
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