The Boys from Syracuse

The Boys from Syracuse

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1940 · 73 min · ★ 6.4 · Comedy, Music

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

Directed by A. Edward Sutherland · Written by George Abbott

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Allan Jones Antipholus von Eph/Sy
Martha Raye Luce
Alan Mowbray Angelo
Irene Hervey Adriana
Joe Penner Dromio of Ephesus / Dromio of Syracuse
Charles Butterworth Duke of Ephesus
Rosemary Lane Phyllis
Samuel S. Hinds Angeen
Tom Dugan Octavius
Spencer Charters Turnkey
Doris Lloyd Woman
Larry J. Blake Announcer

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