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Duck Soup

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!

1933 · NR · 1h 8m

Directed by Leo McCarey

7.3

TMDB audience score
898 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.

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Cast

  • Groucho Marx
    Rufus T. Firefly

  • Harpo Marx
    Pinky

  • Chico Marx
    Chicolini

  • Zeppo Marx
    Bob Roland

  • Margaret Dumont
    Gloria Teasdale

  • Raquel Torres
    Vera Marcal

  • Louis Calhern
    Ambassador Trentino

  • Edmund Breese
    Zander

  • Leonid Kinskey
    Sylvanian Agitator

  • Charles Middleton
    Prosecutor

  • Edgar Kennedy
    Street Vendor

  • Edward Arnold
    Politician (uncredited)

  • Wade Boteler
    Officer at Battle Headquarters (uncredited)

  • Sidney Bracey
    Mrs. Teasdale's Butler (uncredited)

  • E.H. Calvert
    Officer in Battle Sequence (uncredited)

  • Davison Clark
    Minister of Finance #2 (uncredited)

  • Louise Closser Hale
    Reception Guest (uncredited)

  • Carrie Daumery
    Reception Guest (uncredited)