The Boys from Syracuse (1940)

07/30/1940 (US) • 1h 13m

Comedy, Music

BROADWAY'S SENSATIONAL STAGE HIT...becomes the year's screen spectacle!

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

Top Billed Cast

Allan Jones

Antipholus von Eph/Sy

Joe Penner

Dromio of Ephesus / Dromio of Syracuse

Charles Butterworth

Duke of Ephesus

Tom Dugan

Octavius


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

mistaken identity

musical

based on play or musical

twins

long lost relative

ancient greece

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