Movie Description
Duck Soup
(1933)Overview
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
Featured Crew
- Director : Leo McCarey
- Producer : Herman J. Mankiewicz
- Writer : Harry Ruby,Bert Kalmar,Nat Perrin,Arthur Sheekman
- Editor : LeRoy Stone
- Cast : Groucho Marx,Harpo Marx,Chico Marx,Zeppo Marx,Margaret Dumont,Raquel Torres,Louis Calhern,Edmund Breese,Leonid Kinskey,Charles Middleton,Edgar Kennedy,Edward Arnold,Wade Boteler,Sidney Bracey,E.H. Calvert,Davison Clark,Louise Closser Hale,Carrie Daumery,Maude Turner Gordon,Florence Wix,Joseph Crehan,Mario Dominici,Edmund Mortimer,Charles West,Verna Hillie,Edward LeSaint,George MacQuarrie,Frederick Sullivan,Eric Mayne,Edwin Maxwell,Dennis O'Keefe,Leo Sulky,Dale Van Sickel,William Worthington
Cast
Rufus T. Firefly
Pinky
Chicolini
Bob Roland
Gloria Teasdale
Vera Marcal
Ambassador Trentino
Zander
Sylvanian Agitator
Prosecutor
Street Vendor
Politician (uncredited)
Officer at Battle Headquarters (uncredited)
Mrs. Teasdale's Butler (uncredited)
Officer in Battle Sequence (uncredited)
Minister of Finance #2 (uncredited)
Reception Guest (uncredited)
Reception Guest (uncredited)
Reception Guest (uncredited)
Reception Guest (uncredited)
Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)
Minister (uncredited)
Minister (uncredited)
Minister (uncredited)
Trentino's Blonde Secretary (uncredited)
Secretary of Labor (uncredited)
First Judge (uncredited)
Second Judge (uncredited)
Third Judge (uncredited)
Freedonia's Secretary of War #1 (uncredited)
Bridegroom at Firefly's Reception (uncredited)
Agitator (uncredited)
A Palace Guard (uncredited)
First Minister of Finance (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleDuck Soup
Status Released
Release Information
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1933-11-12
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 09m
Production CompaniesParamount Pictures
Genres
- Comedy
- War