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    Release dateNovember 17, 1933 (USA)
    Content ratingNot Rated · TV-G
    GenreComedy · Musical
    Directed byLeo McCarey
    Overview

    Duck Soup is a 1933 American pre-Code musical black comedy film written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby (with additional dialogue by Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin) and directed by Leo McCarey. Released by … See more

    Plot

    Wealthy widow Gloria Teasdale is asked to give twenty million dollars to the small, financially struggling nation of Freedonia; she agrees on the condition that Rufus T. Firefly is appointed the country's leader. Meanwhile… See more

    Cast

    Groucho Marx as Rufus T. Firefly, the leader of Freedonia
    Harpo Marx as Pinky, a spy for Sylvania
    Chico Marx as Chicolini, another spy for Sylvania… See more

    Production notes

    The Marx Brothers' previous film, Horse Feathers, had been Paramount's highest-grossing film of 1932. Encouraged by this success, the studio suggested on August 2, 1932, that they rush out a follow-up. Already at t… See more

    Soundtrack

    Breaking with their usual pattern, neither Harpo's harp nor Chico's piano is used in the film, although Harpo briefly pretends to play harp on the strings of a piano.
    The musical introduction to Groucho's character i… See more

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