The Boys from Syracuse
- Original title
- The Boys from Syracuse
- Year
- 1940
- Running time
- 73 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Allan Jones
- Irene Hervey
- Martha Raye
- Joe Penner
- Alan Mowbray
- Tom Dugan
- Charles Butterworth
- Rosemary Lane
- Samuel S. Hinds
- Doris Lloyd
- Larry J. Blake
- Cyril Ring
- Spencer Charters
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- Music
- Cinematography
Joseph A. Valentine (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy. Musical
- Movie Groups
- Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Awards
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1940: 2 Nominations for Oscar: Best Art Direction (B&W), Special Effects
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