The Boys from Syracuse
1940 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
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.
Direction A. Edward Sutherland
Cast 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
Soundtrack Frank Skinner
Screenplay Charles Grayson · Paul Girard Smith · Leonard Spigelgass · Titus Maccius Plautus · William Shakespeare · George Abbott
Cinematography Joseph A. Valentine
Original title The Boys from Syracuse
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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