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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Name: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Director: Richard Lester
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1966
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford

A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.

1966 · Directed by Richard Lester · 97 min · Comedy · 10 frames

Tagline

Something for Everyone!

Crew

Screenplay: Melvin Frank, Michael Pertwee
Written by: Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart
Cinematography: Nicolas Roeg
Edited by: John Victor-Smith
Music: Stephen Sondheim
Production design: Tony Walton
Produced by: Melvin Frank

Cast

Zero Mostel as Pseudolus
Jack Gilford as Hysterium
Phil Silvers as Marcus Lycus
Buster Keaton as Erronius
Michael Crawford as Hero
Annette Andre as Phillia
Michael Hordern as Senex
Leon Greene as Miles Gloriosus
Roy Kinnear as Gladiator Instructor
Alfie Bass as Gatekeeper

Production

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom
Language: English
Studios: United Artists, Melvin Frank Productions
Themes: virgin, freedom, based on play or musical, ancient rome, slave, slave owner

More by Richard Lester

Help! — 1965
The Three Musketeers — 1973
Petulia — 1968
A Hard Day's Night — 1964
Superman II — 1980
Superman III — 1983

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