

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!"
Overview
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Key Crew

Leo McCarey
Director

Herman J. Mankiewicz
Producer
Cast

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)