The Boys from Syracuse

A. Edward Sutherland
1940-07-30

BROADWAY'S SENSATIONAL STAGE HIT...becomes the year's screen spectacle!
6.5
73 min

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

Name Character Team
Allan Jones Antipholus von Eph/Sy Unowned
Martha Raye Luce Unowned
Alan Mowbray Angelo Unowned
Irene Hervey Adriana Unowned
Joe Penner Dromio of Ephesus / Dromio of Syracuse Unowned
Charles Butterworth Duke of Ephesus Unowned
Rosemary Lane Phyllis Unowned
Samuel S. Hinds Angeen Unowned
Tom Dugan Octavius Unowned
Spencer Charters Turnkey Unowned
Doris Lloyd Woman Unowned
Larry J. Blake Announcer Unowned
Eddie Acuff Taxi Cab Driver Unowned
Matt McHugh Bartender Unowned
David Oliver Messenger Unowned
June Wilkins Secretary Unowned
Bess Flowers Woman Unowned
Cyril Ring Guard Unowned
Julie Carter Girl Unowned
Eric Blore Pinch Unowned
Joe Cunningham Jury Foreman Unowned
William Desmond Citizen Unowned
Gerald Pierce Newsboy Unowned
Rebel Randall Girl Unowned
Charles Sherlock Secretary Unowned
Charles Sullivan Policeman Unowned
Malcolm Waite Captain of Guards Unowned