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The zany Marx Brothers turn an operatic performance into chaos in their efforts to promote their protégé's romance with the leading lady. Considered by many to be the Brothers' finest big budget adventure. Co-starring Marxian regular Margaret Dumont ("Coconuts") and Allan Jones ("Show Boat"). A fun-filled musical romp. Inducted into the Library of Congress National Film Registry and recently selected by the prestigious American Film Institute as one of the top 400 American Films of all time.

Gunmen join forces to rob a dictator's gold shipment.

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The zany Marx Brothers turn an operatic performance into chaos in their efforts to promote their prote?ge?'s romance with the leading lady.

The zany Marx Brothers turn an operatic performance into chaos in their efforts to promote their prote?ge?'s romance with the leading lady.

The zany Marx Brothers turn an operatic performance into chaos in their efforts to promote their protege's romance with the leading lady.

Thanks to the patronage of well-heeled widow Mrs. Teasdale (Margaret Dumont), Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) becomes dictator of the tiny country of Freedonia. But when the ambassador of the bordering nation of Sylvania declares his love for Mrs. Teasdale, Firefly declares war. The Marx Brothers are at their sidesplitting best in this raucous political satire, in which Chico, Harpo and Zeppo co-star as spies and counterspies.

A pointed political satire, Duck Soup is the Marx Brothers' funniest and most insane film.

A pointed political satire, Duck Soup is the Marx Brothers' funniest and most insane film.

A pointed political satire, Duck Soup is the Marx Brothers' funniest and most insane film. Groucho is Rufus T. Firefly, the hilarious dictator of mythical Freedonia. Harpo and Chico are commissioned as spies by Groucho's political rival, the calculating Trentino (Louis Calhern). The film contains many of the Brothers' famous sequences: the lemonade stand, a masterpiece of slow burn; the Paul Revere parody; the "We're Going To War" number, a beautiful spoof of '30s musicals; the hilarious mirror scene; and a final battle episode that has been copied by everyone from Woody Allen to Mad Magazine.

Groucho Marx is Rufus T. Firefly, the hilarious dictator of mythical Freedonia. Pinky (Harpo Marx) and Chicolini (Chico Marx) are commissioned as spies by Groucho's political rival, the calculating Trentino (Louis Calhern).