A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Name: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1966-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 6.1

About A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

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

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a 1966 comedy film directed by Richard Lester. The film is filed under virgin, ancient rome, freedom, and slave.

Zero Mostel appears as Pseudolus, Jack Gilford as Hysterium, Phil Silvers as Marcus Lycus, and Buster Keaton as Erronius. It runs 97 minutes and was released in October 1966.

The screenplay is by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. The film began as a stage production. In the United States it streams on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, and MGM Plus.

Pompeii, Spartacus, and The Eagle make useful companions to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. TMDB voters put it at 6.1 out of 10 across 131 votes.