The read
It runs a compact 44m.
Synopsis
A BBC TV comedy movie about the people living in Pompeii prior to its destruction by volcano, focusing on the life of a house slave (played by Frankie Howerd). A sort of prequel to the 1971 movie "Up Pompeii"
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Talbot RothwellWriter
- David CroftDirector
Cast
- Frankie HowerdLurcio
- Mark DignamLudicrus Sextus
- Elizabeth LarnerAmmonia
- Kerry GardnerNausius
- Jennifer LonsdaleErotica
- Jeanne MockfordSenna the soothsayer
- John CaterPollux
- Leon GreeneProdigius
- Olwen GriffithsHernia
- Cyril AppletonCyril Appleton
- Lindsay DuncanScrubba
- Anita RichardsonFilthia
Themes
ancient romebreaking the fourth wallslavepompeiibased on tv series