Duck Soup (1933)
War is swell...when the Marx Brothers are in it. They'll be out of the trenches by Christmas...if the food doesn't improve!
Synopsis
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
Cast
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Groucho Marx
as Rufus T. Firefly
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Harpo Marx
as Pinky
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Chico Marx
as Chicolini
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Zeppo Marx
as Bob Roland
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Margaret Dumont
as Gloria Teasdale
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Raquel Torres
as Vera Marcal
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Louis Calhern
as Ambassador Trentino
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Edmund Breese
as Zander
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Leonid Kinskey
as Sylvanian Agitator
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Charles Middleton
as Prosecutor
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Edgar Kennedy
as Street Vendor
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Edward Arnold
as Politician (uncredited)
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Wade Boteler
as Officer at Battle Headquarters (uncredited)
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Sidney Bracey
as Mrs. Teasdale's Butler (uncredited)
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E.H. Calvert
as Officer in Battle Sequence (uncredited)
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Davison Clark
as Minister of Finance #2 (uncredited)
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Louise Closser Hale
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
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Carrie Daumery
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Crew
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Leo McCarey
Director
- Henry Sharp Director of Photography
- LeRoy Stone Editor
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John Leipold
Original Music Composer
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Herman J. Mankiewicz
Producer
- Bert Kalmar Writer
- Harry Ruby Writer
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Arthur Sheekman
Writer
- Nat Perrin Writer
