"T987654321" wrote in message
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>A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
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> " Indolent Roman slave Pseudolus (Zero Mostel) has one wish: to
> purchase his freedom. With his master and mistress away for the day,
> Pseudolus learns that the master's son, Hero (Michael Crawford), has
> fallen for a beautiful virgin in a slave merchant's house. The ever-
> crafty Pseudolus then cooks up a scheme that will allow him to go free
> if he can procure the girl for Hero. Richard Lester directed this
> frenetic adaptation of the stage musical. " - Netflix
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> No idea why I'd never watched this fabulously funny film before. The
> mix ups reach towering heights of insanity, and the performances are
> just great.
I remember running across it by accident one late night in the late 70s. I
had never heard of Zero Mostel. Loved it. Had me laughing out loud.
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