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!

Duration: 68 min

Release date: 1933-11-12

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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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as Rufus T. Firefly

Margaret Dumont

Margaret Dumont

as Gloria Teasdale

as Ambassador Trentino

as Sylvanian Agitator

Charles Middleton

Charles Middleton

as Street Vendor

as Politician (uncredited)

as Officer at Battle Headquarters (uncredited)

as Mrs. Teasdale's Butler (uncredited)

as Officer in Battle Sequence (uncredited)

as Minister of Finance #2 (uncredited)

Louise Closser Hale

Louise Closser Hale

as Reception Guest (uncredited)

as Reception Guest (uncredited)

Maude Turner Gordon

Maude Turner Gordon

as Reception Guest (uncredited)

as Reception Guest (uncredited)

as Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)

as Minister (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

Edmund Mortimer

as Minister (uncredited)

as Minister (uncredited)

as Trentino's Blonde Secretary (uncredited)

as Secretary of Labor (uncredited)

George MacQuarrie

George MacQuarrie

as First Judge (uncredited)

Frederick Sullivan

Frederick Sullivan

as Second Judge (uncredited)

as Third Judge (uncredited)

as Freedonia's Secretary of War #1 (uncredited)

as Bridegroom at Firefly's Reception (uncredited)

as Agitator (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel

Dale Van Sickel

as A Palace Guard (uncredited)

William Worthington

William Worthington

as First Minister of Finance (uncredited)

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Herman J. Mankiewicz

Herman J. Mankiewicz

Director of Photography

Arthur Sheekman

Arthur Sheekman

Dale Van Sickel

Dale Van Sickel

Arthur Johnston

Arthur Johnston

Assistant Editor

First Assistant Camera

Original Music Composer

Arthur Sheekman

Arthur Sheekman

Additional Dialogue

Additional Dialogue

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