poster

The Boys from Syracuse

Comedy | Music

5.8

Release Date

July 30, 1940

Duration

73 min

Status

Released

Language

en

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

Casts

Allan Jones

Antipholus von Eph/Sy

Allan Jones

Martha Raye

Luce

Martha Raye

Alan Mowbray

Angelo

Alan Mowbray

Irene Hervey

Adriana

Irene Hervey

Joe Penner

Dromio of Ephesus / Dromio of Syracuse

Joe Penner

Charles Butterworth

Duke of Ephesus

Charles Butterworth

Rosemary Lane

Phyllis

Rosemary Lane

Samuel S. Hinds

Angeen

Samuel S. Hinds

Tom Dugan

Octavius

Tom Dugan

Spencer Charters

Turnkey

Spencer Charters

Doris Lloyd

Woman

Doris Lloyd

Larry J. Blake

Announcer

Larry J. Blake

Eddie Acuff

Taxi Cab Driver

Eddie Acuff

Matt McHugh

Bartender

Matt McHugh

David Oliver

Messenger

David Oliver

June Wilkins

Secretary

June Wilkins

Bess Flowers

Woman

Bess Flowers

Cyril Ring

Guard

Cyril Ring

Julie Carter

Girl

Julie Carter

Eric Blore

Pinch

Eric Blore

Joe Cunningham

Jury Foreman

Joe Cunningham

William Desmond

Citizen

William Desmond

Gerald Pierce

Newsboy

Gerald Pierce

Rebel Randall

Girl

Rebel Randall

Charles Sherlock

Secretary

Charles Sherlock

Charles Sullivan

Policeman

Charles Sullivan

Malcolm Waite

Captain of Guards

Malcolm Waite

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