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{{Infobox film
| name = Carry On Cleo
| image = CarryOnCleo.QuadPosterUK.jpg
| caption = Original UK quad poster
| director = [[Gerald Thomas]]
| producer = [[Peter Rogers]]
| writer = [[Talbot Rothwell]]
| starring = {{plainlist|
*[[Sid James|Sidney James]]
*[[Kenneth Williams]]
*[[Kenneth Connor]]
*[[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]]
*[[Joan Sims]]
*[[Jim Dale]]
*[[Amanda Barrie]]}}
| narrator =
| music = [[Eric Rogers (composer)|Eric Rogers]]
| cinematography = [[Alan Hume]]
| editing = Archie Ludski
| distributor = [[Anglo-Amalgamated]]
| released = {{film date|df=y|1964|12|10}}<ref name="Art & Hue">{{cite web|url=http://artandhue.com/shop/carry-on-cleo/|title=Carry On Cleo |work=Art & Hue |date=2018 |access-date=18 November 2018}}</ref>
| runtime = 92 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget = £165,802<ref>Robert Ross, ITV-DVD Edition</ref>
}}

'''''Carry On Cleo''''' is a 1964 British [[historical]] [[comedy]] film, the tenth in the [[Carry On (film series)|series of 31 ''Carry On'' films]] (1958–1992). Regulars [[Sid James]], [[Kenneth Williams]], [[Kenneth Connor]], [[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]], and [[Jim Dale]] are present and Connor made his last appearance until his return in ''[[Carry On Up the Jungle]]'' six years later. [[Joan Sims]] returned to the series for the first time since ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' three years earlier. Sims would now appear in every ''Carry On'' up to ''[[Carry On Emmannuelle]]'' in 1978, making her the most prolific actress in the series. [[Jon Pertwee]] makes the first of his four appearances in the series. The title role is played by [[Amanda Barrie]] in her second and last Carry On. Along with ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]'' and ''[[Carry On Screaming!]]'', its original posters were reproduced by the [[Royal Mail]] on stamps to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ''Carry On'' series in June 2008.

==Plot==

The film opens during [[Caesar's invasions of Britain]], with [[Mark Antony]] ([[Sid James]]) struggling to lead his armies through miserable weather. At a nearby village, [[Caveman|cavemen]] Horsa ([[Jim Dale]]) and Hengist Pod ([[Kenneth Connor]]) attempt to alert [[Boudica]] to the invasion, but are captured by the Romans.

Once in Rome, Horsa is sold by the slave-trading firm [[Marks & Spencer|Marcus et Spencius]], and Hengist is destined to be thrown to the lions when no-one agrees to buy him. Horsa and Hengist escape and take refuge in the Temple of [[Vesta (mythology)|Vesta]]. Whilst hiding there, [[Julius Caesar]] ([[Kenneth Williams]]) arrives to consult the [[Vestal Virgins]], but an attempt is made on his life by his bodyguard, Bilius (David Davenport). In the melee, Horsa kills Bilius and escapes, leaving Hengist to take the credit for saving Caesar's life and to be made Caesar's new bodyguard.

When a power struggle emerges in Egypt, Mark Antony is sent to force [[Cleopatra]] ([[Amanda Barrie]]) to abdicate in favour of [[Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator|Ptolemy]]. However, Mark Antony becomes besotted with her, and instead kills Ptolemy off-screen to win her favour. Cleopatra convinces Mark Antony to kill Caesar and become ruler of Rome himself so that they may rule a powerful Roman-Egyptian alliance together. After seducing one another, Mark Antony agrees, and plots to kill Caesar.

Caesar and Hengist travel to Egypt on a galley, along with [[Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa|Agrippa]] ([[Francis de Wolff]]), whom Mark Antony has convinced to kill Caesar. However, Horsa has been re-captured and is now a slave on Caesar's galley. After killing the galley-master ([[Peter Gilmore]]), Horsa and the galley slaves kill Agrippa and his fellow assassins and swim to Egypt. Hengist, who had been sent out to fight Agrippa and was unaware of Horsa's presence on board, again takes the credit.

Once at Cleopatra's palace, an Egyptian soothsayer ([[Jon Pertwee]]) warns Caesar of the plot to kill him, but Mark Anthony convinces Caesar not to flee. Instead, Caesar convinces Hengist to change places with him, since Cleopatra and Caesar have never met. On meeting, Cleopatra lures Hengist, who accidentally exposes both Cleopatra and Mark Anthony as would-be assassins. He and Caesar then ally with Horsa, and after defeating Cleopatra's bodyguard Sosages ([[Tom Clegg (actor)|Tom Clegg]]) in combat, Hengist and the party flee Egypt. Caesar is returned to Rome, only to be [[Assassination of Julius Caesar|assassinated on the Ides of March]]. Horsa and Hengist return to Britain, and Mark Antony is left in Egypt to live "one long Saturday night" with Cleopatra.

==Background notes==

The costumes and sets used in the film were originally intended for ''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]'' (1963) before that production moved to Rome and rebuilt new sets there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/466135/|title=BFI Screenonline: Carry On Cleo (1964)}}</ref> ''Carry On Cleo'' was filmed between 13 July and 28 August 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestudiotour.com/movies.php?movie_id=1977|title=the studiotour.com - Carry on Cleo (1964)|website=www.thestudiotour.com}}</ref>

The original poster and publicity artwork by [[Tom Chantrell]] were withdrawn from circulation after [[20th Century Fox]] successfully brought a copyright infringement case against distributor [[Anglo Amalgamated]], which found the design was based on a painting by [[Howard Terpning]] for which Fox owned the copyright and was used to promote the Cleopatra film.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Webber|first1=Richard|title=50 Years of Carry On|date=2009|publisher=Arrow|location=London|isbn=978-0-09-949007-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cleopatra Scores Over Cleo in Court
|work=The Washington Post and Times-Herald |date=22 Jan 1965 |page=A16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ban on posters for 'Cleopatra' satire |work=The Guardian |date=22 Jan 1965 |page=5 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/guardian/doc/185000682.html}}</ref>

==Cast==
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*[[Sid James]] as [[Mark Antony]]
*[[Kenneth Williams]] as [[Julius Caesar]]
*[[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]] as [[Seneca the Elder|Seneca]]
*[[Kenneth Connor]] as Hengist Pod
*[[Joan Sims]] as [[Calpurnia (wife of Caesar)|Calpurnia]]
*[[Jim Dale]] as Horsa
*[[Amanda Barrie]] as [[Cleopatra]]
*[[Victor Maddern]] as Sergeant Major
*[[Julie Stevens (British actress)|Julie Stevens]] as Gloria
*[[Sheila Hancock]] as Senna Pod
*[[Jon Pertwee]] as Soothsayer
*[[Brian Oulton]] as [[Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger|Brutus]]
*[[Michael Ward (actor)|Michael Ward]] as Archimedes
*[[Francis de Wolff]] as [[Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa|Agrippa]]
*[[Tom Clegg (actor)|Tom Clegg]] as Sosages
*Tanya Binning as Virginia
*David Davenport as Bilius
*[[Peter Gilmore]] as Galley master
*[[Ian Wilson (actor)|Ian Wilson]] as Messenger
*[[Norman Mitchell]] as Heckler
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*[[Brian Rawlinson]] as Hessian driver
*[[Gertan Klauber]] as Marcus
*[[Warren Mitchell]] as Spencius
*[[Michael Nightingale]] as Caveman
*Peter Jesson as Companion
*[[E. V. H. Emmett]] as Narrator
*Judi Johnson as Gloria's bridesmaid (uncredited)
*Thelma Taylor as Seneca's servant (uncredited)
*[[Sally Douglas]] as Antony's dusky maiden (uncredited)
*[[Wanda Ventham]] as Pretty bidder (uncredited)
*[[Peggy Ann Clifford]] as Willa Claudia (uncredited)
*Mark Hardy as Guard at Caesar's palace (uncredited)
*[[Percy Herbert (actor)|Percy Herbert]] as Guard (uncredited)
*Christine Rodgers as Hand maiden (uncredited)
*Gloria Best as Hand maiden (uncredited)
*Virginia Tyler as Hand maiden (uncredited)
*Gloria Johnson as Vestal Virgin (uncredited)
*Joanna Ford as Vestal Virgin (uncredited)
*Donna White as Vestal Virgin (uncredited)
*[[Jane Lumb]] as Vestal Virgin (uncredited)
*Vicki Smith as Vestal Virgin (uncredited)
{{col-end}}

==Filming and locations==
*Filming dates: 13 July – 28 August 1964

'''Interiors''':
* [[Pinewood Studios]], Buckinghamshire
* [[Chobham Common]], Surrey

==Reception==
The film premiered at London's Warner cinema on 10 December 1964<ref name="Art & Hue"/> and went on to become one of the 12 most popular movies at the British box office in 1965.<ref>"Most Popular Film Star", ''Times'', London, England, 31 Dec 1965, page 13. ''The Times'' Digital Archive, retrieved 11 July 2012.</ref>

Colin McCabe, Professor of English at the [[University of Exeter]], labelled this film (together with ''[[Carry On Up The Khyber]]'') as one of the best films of all time.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McCabe|first1=Colin|title=Why Carry On Cleo and Carry On Up the Khyber are two of the best films ever|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/1999/jan/29/features|work=The Guardian|date=29 January 1999}}</ref>

In 2007, the [[pun]] "Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me", spoken by Kenneth Williams, was voted the funniest [[one-line joke]] in film history.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6524729.stm |title=Carry On quip tops one-liner poll |work=BBC News |date=4 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1547569/Infamy-infamy-is-the-top-one-liner.html |title=Infamy, infamy is the top one liner |work=The Telegraph |date=4 April 2007}}</ref> The line was not written by Rothwell but borrowed with permission from a ''[[Take It from Here]]'' script written by [[Frank Muir]] and [[Denis Norden]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.sussex.ac.uk/news/media-centre/press-releases/media/media110.html |title=Classic Laughing Matter at the University|date=4 October 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-25738224
|title=Obituary Denis Norden|work=BBC News|date=19 September 2018}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{Cite book |last=Davidson |first=Andy |title=Carry On Confidential |publisher=Miwk |location=London |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-908630-01-8 }}
*{{Cite book |last=Sheridan |first=Simon |title=Keeping the British End Up – Four Decades of Saucy Cinema |publisher=Titan Books |location=London |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85768-279-6 }}
*{{Cite book |last=Webber |first=Richard |title=50 Years of Carry On |publisher=Arrow |location=London |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-09-949007-4 }}
*{{Cite book |last=Hudis |first=Norman |title=No Laughing Matter |publisher=Apex |location=London |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-906358-15-0 }}
*''Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema'' by Simon Sheridan (third edition) (2007) (Reynolds & Hearn Books)
*{{Cite book |last=Ross |first=Robert |title=The Carry On Companion |publisher=Batsford |location=London |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-7134-8771-8 }}
*{{Cite book |last1=Bright|first1=Morris | last2=Ross |first2=Robert |title=Mr Carry On – The Life & Work of Peter Rogers |publisher=BBC Books |location=London |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-563-55183-6 }}
*{{Cite book |last=Rigelsford |first=Adrian |title=Carry On Laughing – a celebration |publisher=Virgin |location=London |year=1996 |isbn=1-85227-554-5 }}
*{{Cite book |last=Hibbin |first=Sally & Nina |title=What a Carry On |publisher=Hamlyn |location=London |year=1988 |isbn=978-0-600-55819-4 }}
*{{Cite book |last=Eastaugh |first=Kenneth |title=The Carry On Book |publisher=David & Charles |location=London |year=1978 |isbn=978-0-7153-7403-0 }}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0057918}}
*[http://www.thewhippitinn.com/carry_on_films/carry_on_cleo/ Carry On Films at The Whippit Inn]
*{{Screenonline title|466135}}

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