A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (1966)

 

Directed by: Richard Lester

Based on the stage play by: Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart

Music and lyrics by: Stephen Sondheim

Starring: Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, Jack Gilford, Michael Crawford, Michael Hordern, Annette Andre, Patricia Jessel, Leon Greene, Pamela Brown, Inga Neilsen, Beatrix Lehmann, Alfie Bass, Roy Kinnear, Bill Kerr, Lucienne Bridou, Helen Funai, Jon Pertwee, Janet Webb, Peter Butterworth, Frank Thornton, Ingrid Pitt

99 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Pseudolus, the laziest slave in Rome, has one wish: to purchase his freedom. When his master and mistress leave for the day, he finds out that the young master has fallen in love with a virgin in the house of Marcus Lycus, a slave dealer specializing in beautiful women. Pseudolus concocts a deal in which he will be freed if he can procure the girl for young Hero. Of course, it can't be that simple, and everything begins to go wrong.

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