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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Cast

Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton View All

Crew

Richard Lester (Director), Larry Gelbart (Writer), Michael Pertwee (Screenplay), Melvin Frank (Screenplay) View All

Release: Oct. 16th, 1966

Runtime: 1 hour, 39 minutes

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

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Gideon58
The musical upon which this film was based opened on Broadway in 1964 and ran for over 900 performances, so it was no surprise that a film version was rushed to the screen, but this screen version is but a shell of the original musical, which I have seen and am in possession of the Broadway soundtra....

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