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!

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

Groucho Marx

Rufus T. Firefly

Harpo Marx

Pinky

Chico Marx

Chicolini

Zeppo Marx

Bob Roland

Margaret Dumont

Gloria Teasdale

Raquel Torres

Vera Marcal

Louis Calhern

Ambassador Trentino

Edmund Breese

Zander

Leonid Kinskey

Sylvanian Agitator

Charles Middleton

Prosecutor

Edgar Kennedy

Street Vendor

Edward Arnold

Politician (uncredited)

Wade Boteler

Officer at Battle Headquarters (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

Mrs. Teasdale's Butler (uncredited)

E.H. Calvert

Officer in Battle Sequence (uncredited)

Davison Clark

Minister of Finance #2 (uncredited)

Louise Closser Hale

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Carrie Daumery

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Maude Turner Gordon

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Florence Wix

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)

Mario Dominici

Minister (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

Minister (uncredited)

Charles West

Minister (uncredited)

Verna Hillie

Trentino's Blonde Secretary (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint

Secretary of Labor (uncredited)

George MacQuarrie

First Judge (uncredited)

Frederick Sullivan

Second Judge (uncredited)

Eric Mayne

Third Judge (uncredited)

Edwin Maxwell

Freedonia's Secretary of War #1 (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

Bridegroom at Firefly's Reception (uncredited)

Leo Sulky

Agitator (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel

A Palace Guard (uncredited)

William Worthington

First Minister of Finance (uncredited)

Leo McCarey

Director

Herman J. Mankiewicz

Producer

Bert Kalmar

Music

Harry Ruby

Music

Henry Sharp

Director of Photography

LeRoy Stone

Editor

Bert Kalmar

Writer

Harry Ruby

Writer

Arthur Sheekman

Writer

Nat Perrin

Writer

John Leipold

Original Music Composer

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

Wiard B. Ihnen

Art Direction

Harry Lindgren

Sound Engineer

Dale Van Sickel

Stunts

Cliff Shirpser

First Assistant Camera

Edward Dmytryk

Assistant Editor

Arthur Johnston

Music

Bert Kalmar

Story

Bert Kalmar

Lyricist

Harry Ruby

Story

Harry Ruby

Lyricist

Arthur Sheekman

Additional Dialogue

Nat Perrin

Additional Dialogue

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