In this comic masterpiece, the Marx Brothers find themselves caught up in escalating tensions between two small countries – and on different sides. With plenty of bad feeling, spying and personal insults flying between them, it isn’t long before they find themselves on the brink of war.
Duck Soup (1933)
Classic Marx Brothers comedy of two small countries finding themselves on the brink of war.
- 1933 USA
- Directed by
- Leo McCarey
- Produced by
- Herman J. Mankiewicz
- Written by
- Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
- Featuring
- The Marx Brothers, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx
- Running time
- 70 minutes
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