
Film
The Boys from Syracuse
1940 · 1h 13m · Comedy · Music
BROADWAY'S SENSATIONAL STAGE HIT...becomes the year's screen spectacle!
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Overview
The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the concerns The efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus and his servant Dromio, 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 and her servant Luce, 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
Cast

Allan Jones
Antipholus von Eph/Sy

Martha Raye
Luce

Alan Mowbray
Angelo

Irene Hervey
Adriana

Joe Penner
Dromio of Ephesus / Dromio of Syracuse

Charles Butterworth
Duke of Ephesus

Rosemary Lane
Phyllis

Samuel S. Hinds
Angeen

Tom Dugan
Octavius

Spencer Charters
Turnkey

Doris Lloyd
Woman

Larry J. Blake
Announcer

Eddie Acuff
Taxi Cab Driver

Matt McHugh
Bartender

David Oliver
Messenger

June Wilkins
Secretary
Crew
- A. Edward SutherlandDirector
- George AbbottWriter
- Milton CarruthEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- July 30, 1940
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
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