The Boys from Syracuse

The Boys from Syracuse (1940)

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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

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  • Release Date: 1940-07-30
  • Runtime: 1h 13min
  • Director: A. Edward Sutherland

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Cast

  • 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

  • Eddie Acuff

    Taxi Cab Driver

  • Matt McHugh

    Bartender

  • David Oliver

    Messenger

  • June Wilkins

    Secretary

  • Bess Flowers

    Woman

  • Cyril Ring

    Guard

  • Julie Carter

    Girl

  • Eric Blore

    Pinch

  • Joe Cunningham

    Jury Foreman

  • William Desmond

    Citizen

  • Gerald Pierce

    Newsboy

  • Rebel Randall

    Girl

  • Charles Sherlock

    Secretary

  • Charles Sullivan

    Policeman

  • Malcolm Waite

    Captain of Guards

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