A Queen for Caesar (1962) is one of those badly dubbed ancient-history Italian movies. There is not much to say about it except that it’s about Cleopatra and is fun and sexy. And this: in my view, Pascale Petit—initially a hairdresser discovered for the movies—enacts Cleo better than Elizabeth Taylor does in Cleopatra and is even slightly more beautiful than Taylor. She appears in nearly every scene (good), whereas Gordon Scott, who is atrocious as Julius Caesar, appears in only a few scenes (also good). Akim Tamiroff, however, is effective as Pompey. (Available on Tubi.)
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