Duck Soup poster
Director Leo McCarey
Writer Arthur Sheekman, Bert Kalmar, Nat Perrin, Harry Ruby

Duck Soup

Tagline: 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!

Release Date: 1933-11-12

Duration: 69 minutes

Synopsis

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

Casting

  • Dale Van Sickel
    A Palace Guard (uncredited)
  • Groucho Marx
    Rufus T. Firefly
  • Edward Arnold
    Politician (uncredited)
  • Dennis O'Keefe
    Bridegroom at Firefly's Reception (uncredited)
  • Leonid Kinskey
    Sylvanian Agitator
  • Charles Middleton
    Prosecutor
  • Chico Marx
    Chicolini
  • Edward LeSaint
    Secretary of Labor (uncredited)
  • Joseph Crehan
    Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)
  • Louis Calhern
    Ambassador Trentino