Duck Soup

Duck Soup (1933)

Released: 1933-11-12 Duration: 1hr 9min
Genres: Comedy War
Rating 7.3
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!

Overview

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

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 11.458

Directed By

Leo McCarey

Crew

Editor
LeRoy Stone
Music
Harry Ruby
Director
Leo McCarey
Director of Photography
Henry Sharp
Writer
Harry Ruby
Writer
Bert Kalmar
Writer
Nat Perrin
Art Direction
Hans Dreier
Original Music Composer
John Leipold
Sound Engineer
Harry Lindgren
Art Direction
Wiard B. Ihnen
Assistant Editor
Edward Dmytryk
First Assistant Camera
Cliff Shirpser
Additional Dialogue
Nat Perrin
Lyricist
Bert Kalmar
Story
Harry Ruby
Lyricist
Harry Ruby
Additional Dialogue
Arthur Sheekman

TOP CAST

Groucho Marx
Groucho Marx

Rufus T. Firefly

Chico Marx
Chico Marx

Chicolini

Zeppo Marx
Zeppo Marx

Bob Roland

Margaret Dumont
Margaret Dumont

Gloria Teasdale

Raquel Torres
Raquel Torres

Vera Marcal

Louis Calhern
Louis Calhern

Ambassador Trentino

Leonid Kinskey
Leonid Kinskey

Sylvanian Agitator

Charles Middleton
Charles Middleton

Prosecutor

Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Kennedy

Street Vendor

Edward Arnold
Edward Arnold

Politician (uncredited)

Wade Boteler
Wade Boteler

Officer at Battle Headquarters (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey
Sidney Bracey

Mrs. Teasdale's Butler (uncredited)

E.H. Calvert
E.H. Calvert

Officer in Battle Sequence (uncredited)

Davison Clark
Davison Clark

Minister of Finance #2 (uncredited)

Louise Closser Hale
Louise Closser Hale

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Carrie Daumery
Carrie Daumery

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Maude Turner Gordon
Maude Turner Gordon

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Florence Wix
Florence Wix

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan
Joseph Crehan

Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)

Mario Dominici
Mario Dominici

Minister (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer
Edmund Mortimer

Minister (uncredited)

Charles West
Charles West

Minister (uncredited)

Verna Hillie
Verna Hillie

Trentino's Blonde Secretary (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint
Edward LeSaint

Secretary of Labor (uncredited)

George MacQuarrie
George MacQuarrie

First Judge (uncredited)

Frederick Sullivan
Frederick Sullivan

Second Judge (uncredited)

Eric Mayne
Eric Mayne

Third Judge (uncredited)

Edwin Maxwell
Edwin Maxwell

Freedonia's Secretary of War #1 (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe
Dennis O'Keefe

Bridegroom at Firefly's Reception (uncredited)

Leo Sulky
Leo Sulky

Agitator (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel
Dale Van Sickel

A Palace Guard (uncredited)

William Worthington
William Worthington

First Minister of Finance (uncredited)

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