Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (A)
- Director: Richard Lester
- Writer: Melvin Frank; Michael Pertwee
- Producer: Melvin Frank
CGiii Comment
All the humour has gone, if - indeed - it was ever present...audiences in the 60s swallowed everything they were dished up.
Sondheim's songs are as painful as a palpitating blister.
The only reason to watch this...is for Michael Hordern. Otherwise, give it a miss.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Pseudolus (Zero Mostel) is the laziest slave in Rome, and 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 (Phil Silvers), 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 (Michael Crawford). Of course, it can't be that simple as everything begins to go wrong.
Cast & Characters
Zero Mostel as Pseudolus;
Phil Silvers as Marcus Lycus;
Buster Keaton as Erronius;
Michael Crawford as Hero;
Jack Gilford as Hysterium;
Annette Andre as Philia;
Michael Hordern as Senex;
Leon Greene as Captain Miles Gloriosus;
Roy Kinnear as Gladiator Instructor;
Alfie Bass as Gatekeeper;
John Bluthal as Roman Chief Guard;
Pamela Brown as High Priestess;
Patricia Jessel as Domina;
Beatrix Lehmann as Domina's Mother;
Frank Thornton as Roman Sentry