The Boys from Syracuse (1940)

The Boys from Syracuse (1940)

BROADWAY'S SENSATIONAL STAGE HIT...becomes the year's screen spectacle! 1940-07-30 United States of America 73 Min. PG-13
6.5 4 votes

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

Cast

Allan Jones is Antipholus von Eph/Sy
Antipholus von Eph/Sy
Alan Mowbray is Angelo
Irene Hervey is Adriana
Joe Penner is Dromio of Ephesus / Dromio of Syracuse
Dromio of Ephesus / Dromio of Syracuse
Charles Butterworth is Duke of Ephesus
Duke of Ephesus
Rosemary Lane is Phyllis
Tom Dugan is Octavius
Octavius
Larry J. Blake is Announcer