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The Boys from Syracuse(1940)

07/30/1940 (US)ComedyMusic1h 13m
58%

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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

Movie Cast

Allan Jones photo

Allan Jones

Antipholus von Eph/Sy

Joe Penner photo

Joe Penner

Dromio of Ephesus / Dromio of Syracuse

Charles Butterworth photo

Charles Butterworth

Duke of Ephesus

Tom Dugan photo

Tom Dugan

Octavius

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

BudgetNot Given

RevenueNot Given

Production CompanyNot Given

Original LanguageEnglish

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