
The Music Man(1962)
Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' bandleader to raise money before he can skip town.


“Something for Everyone!”
A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.

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
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a music, comedy, romance film released in 1966 exploring themes of virgin, freedom, based on play or musical, ancient rome, slave, slave owner. Directed by Richard Lester, it stars Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford, Phil Silvers. A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.
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