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The Boys from Syracuse

(1940)

July 30, 1940• 1h 13m
64%
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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

A. Edward Sutherland

Director

Top Billed Cast

AJ

Allan Jones

Antipholus von Eph/Sy

MR

Martha Raye

Luce

AM

Alan Mowbray

Angelo

IH

Irene Hervey

Adriana

JP

Joe Penner

Dromio of Ephesus / Dromio of Syracuse

CB

Charles Butterworth

Duke of Ephesus

RL

Rosemary Lane

Phyllis

SSH

Samuel S. Hinds

Angeen

TD

Tom Dugan

Octavius

SC

Spencer Charters

Turnkey

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