Movie
Duck Soup
Overview
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
Details
- Release date
- 1933-11-12
- Runtime
- 68 min
- Genres
- Comedy, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Groucho Marx as Rufus T. Firefly
- Harpo Marx as Pinky
- Chico Marx as Chicolini
- Zeppo Marx as Bob Roland
- Margaret Dumont as Gloria Teasdale
- Raquel Torres as Vera Marcal
- Louis Calhern as Ambassador Trentino
- Edmund Breese as Zander
- Leonid Kinskey as Sylvanian Agitator
- Charles Middleton as Prosecutor
- Edgar Kennedy as Street Vendor
- Edward Arnold as Politician (uncredited)
Crew
- Leo McCarey - Director
- Harry Ruby - Writer
- Bert Kalmar - Writer
- Nat Perrin - Writer
- Arthur Sheekman - Writer
- Bert Kalmar - Story
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