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The Boys from Syracuse

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

6.4(7)
Released:July 30, 1940
Runtime:1h 13m
Status:Released

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

Allan Jones

Antipholus von Eph/Sy

Martha Raye

Martha Raye

Luce

Alan Mowbray

Alan Mowbray

Angelo

Irene Hervey

Irene Hervey

Adriana

Joe Penner

Joe Penner

Dromio of Ephesus / Dromio of Syracuse

Charles Butterworth

Charles Butterworth

Duke of Ephesus

Rosemary Lane

Rosemary Lane

Phyllis

Samuel S. Hinds

Samuel S. Hinds

Angeen

Tom Dugan

Tom Dugan

Octavius

Spencer Charters

Spencer Charters

Turnkey

Doris Lloyd

Doris Lloyd

Woman

Larry J. Blake

Larry J. Blake

Announcer

Eddie Acuff

Eddie Acuff

Taxi Cab Driver

Matt McHugh

Matt McHugh

Bartender

David Oliver

David Oliver

Messenger

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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

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