Elizabeth Taylor was paid $1 million to be rolled out of a carpet.

CLEOPATRA

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

1963

Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall, Martin Landau

Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Ranald MacDougall and Sidney Buchman; based on The Life and Times of Cleopatra by Carlo Maria Franzero and histories by Plutarch, Suetonius and Appian

Title: CLEOPATRA

Year: 1963

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall, Martin Landau

Writing: Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Ranald MacDougall and Sidney Buchman; based on The Life and Times of Cleopatra by Carlo Maria Franzero and histories by Plutarch, Suetonius and Appian

Genre tags: DRAMA