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
as Mark Antony

Kenneth Williams
as Julius Caesar

Kenneth Connor
as Centurion Hengist Pod

Charles Hawtrey
as Seneca

Joan Sims
as Calpurnia

Jim Dale
as Horsa

Amanda Barrie
as Cleopatra

Victor Maddern
as Sergeant-Major

Julie Stevens
as Gloria

Sheila Hancock
as Senna Pod
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A pretty paranoid Caesar (Kenneth Williams) is anything but the hero of legend. Luckily, he has the brave "Hengist" (Kenneth Connor) to protect him. He is a captured Briton who has sworn to protect his master - except, well, it's a bit of mistaken identity and he's really just an useless inventor wh...