The Boys from Syracuse
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1940 · 1h 13m · Approved
Comedy, Music
Directed by
A. Edward Sutherland
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
Director and cast
- A. Edward Sutherland Director
- Allan Jones as Antipholus von Eph/Sy
- Martha Raye as Luce
- Alan Mowbray as Angelo
- Irene Hervey as Adriana
- Joe Penner as Dromio of Ephesus / Dromio of Syracuse
- Charles Butterworth as Duke of Ephesus
- Rosemary Lane as Phyllis
- Samuel S. Hinds as Angeen
- Tom Dugan as Octavius
- Spencer Charters as Turnkey
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