As noted in the post below, Roger Moore is supposed to be in this film. There are some scenes with Roman soldiers and I scanned them. Is that Roger behind Vivien? It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Roger might have worked on the film as an extra but it doesn't mean he appears on screen.
As I've said many times before here at the blog, I like this film. In fact, this was the film that made me love the genre before learning all about Italian PEPLUM films. I know it's not perfect by any means but I still enjoy it, mainly for its opulent production values.
I agree production values were excellent.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately Claude Rains was totally miscast as Caesar, but Vivien Leigh was a really first class Cleopatra.
G.B. Shaw's play provided some cleaver and amusing lines of dialogue. In general, however, I do not think Shaw's works transfer very well from stage to screen.
The movie was largely a critical and financial disappointment at its initial release in December, 1945.
Finally, there are a couple of scenes in the beginning that have some most unfortunate humor at the expense of Blacks.
Oh yeah, Vivien...hot as Cleo :)
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