The Boys from Syracuse (1940)
3.6 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 13min
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- Synopsis:
- The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the story concerns the efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus (Allan Jones) and his servant Dromio (Joe Penner), to find their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also named Anthipholus and Dromio. Complications arise when the wife of the Ephesians, Adriana (Irene Hervey) and her servant Luce (Martha Raye), mistake the two strangers for their husband, though the couples eventually get sorted out after Adriana's sister Luciana and the Syracuse Antipholus admit their love.
- Actors:
- Allan Jones, Irene Hervey, Martha Raye, Joe Penner, Alan Mowbray, Charles Butterworth, Rosemary Lane, Samuel S. Hinds, Tom Dugan, Spencer Charters, Doris Lloyd, Larry J. Blake, Eddie Acuff, Matt McHugh, David Oliver, June Wilkins, Bess Flowers, Cyril Ring, Julie Carter, Eric Blore
- Directors:
- A. Edward Sutherland
- Writers:
- Titus Maccius Plautus, William Shakespeare
- Others:
- Bernard B. Brown, John P. Fulton, Joseph Lapis, John Otterson
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Music & Musicals, Performing Arts
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