Duck Soup Movie Review 1933

The Marx Brothers satiric masterpiece (which failed at the box office). Groucho becomes the dictator of Freedonia, and hires Chico and Harpo as spies. Jam-packed with the classic anarchic and irreverent Marx shtick; watch for the mirror scene. Zeppo plays a love-sick tenor, in this, his last film with the brothers.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 70 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Slapstick Comedy, The Marx Brothers, Spies & Espionage, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Harry Ruby, Nat Perrin, Bert Kalmar, Arthur Sheekman

Cast

Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Zeppo Marx, Louis Calhern, Margaret Dumont, Edgar Kennedy, Raquel Torres, Leonid Kinskey, Charles Middleton

Cinematography

Henry Sharp

Director

Leo McCarey

Music

Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar

Producer

Paramount Pictures

Awards

AFI 1998: Top 100, Natl. Film Reg. 1990.