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The Boys from Syracuse (1940)

★ 6.4/10 73 min Comedy, Music United States English
Writer: George Abbott
Lyricist: Lorenz Hart
Streaming: Not available
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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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Allan Jones
Allan Jones Antipholus von Eph/Sy
Martha Raye
Martha Raye Luce
Alan Mowbray
Alan Mowbray Angelo
Irene Hervey
Irene Hervey Adriana
Joe Penner
Joe Penner Dromio of Ephesus / Dromio of Syracuse
Charles Butterworth
Charles Butterworth Duke of Ephesus
Rosemary Lane
Rosemary Lane Phyllis
Samuel S. Hinds
Samuel S. Hinds Angeen

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