Movielogr
The Boys from Syracuse (1940)
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
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
Length 73 minutes
Actors
Tom Dugan | Alan Mowbray | Allan Jones | Malcolm Waite | Samuel S. Hinds | Doris Lloyd | Eric Blore | Rosemary Lane | Eddie Acuff | Spencer Charters | Cyril Ring | Larry J. Blake | Charles Butterworth | Matt McHugh | Martha Raye | Irene Hervey | Bess Flowers | Charles Sullivan | Julie Carter | David Oliver | Charles Sherlock | Joe Cunningham | Rebel Randall | June Wilkins | Joe Penner | William Desmond | Gerald Pierce