A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
60 %|Oct 16, 1966|Music, Comedy, Romance
A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.
Featured Crew
Melvin Frank
Screenplay
Richard Lester
Director
Michael Pertwee
Screenplay
Larry Gelbart
Writer
Burt Shevelove
Writer
Richard Williams
Opening Title Sequence
Bob Simmons
Second Unit Director
Tony Walton
Costume Design
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Cast
Zero Mostel
Pseudolus
Jack Gilford
Hysterium
Phil Silvers
Marcus Lycus
Buster Keaton
Erronius
Michael Crawford
Hero
Annette Andre
Phillia
Michael Hordern
Senex
Leon Greene
Miles Gloriosus
Roy Kinnear
Gladiator Instructor
Alfie Bass
Gatekeeper
John Bluthal
Roman Chief Guard
Pamela Brown
High Priestess
Patricia Jessel
Domina
Beatrix Lehmann
Domina's Mother
Frank Thornton
Slave Driver
Peter Butterworth
Roman Sentry
John Bennett
Pseudolus' mark
Andrew Faulds
Roman
Jennifer Baker
Geminae #1
Susan Baker
Geminae #2
Ronnie Brody
Roman Soldier
Lucienne Bridou
Panacea
Helen Funai
Tintinabula
Bill Kerr
Gladiator-in-Training
Jack May
Shopkeeper
Inga Nielsen
Gymnasia
Jon Pertwee
Crassus
Janet Webb
Fertilla
Myrna White
Vibrata
Ingrid Pitt
Courtesan (uncredited)
Ricardo Palacios
Marcus Lycus's Eunuch (uncredited)
Joey Hamlin
Young boy (uncredited)
Joaquín Gómez
Aerialist (uncredited)
Thurl Ravenscroft
Voice (uncredited)