Duck Soup

Leo McCarey
1933-11-12

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!
7.306
69 min

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

Cast

Name Character Team
Groucho Marx Rufus T. Firefly Unowned
Harpo Marx Pinky Unowned
Chico Marx Chicolini Unowned
Zeppo Marx Bob Roland Unowned
Margaret Dumont Gloria Teasdale Unowned
Raquel Torres Vera Marcal Unowned
Louis Calhern Ambassador Trentino Unowned
Edmund Breese Zander Unowned
Leonid Kinskey Sylvanian Agitator Unowned
Charles Middleton Prosecutor Unowned
Edgar Kennedy Street Vendor Unowned
Edward Arnold Politician (uncredited) Unowned
Wade Boteler Officer at Battle Headquarters (uncredited) Unowned
Sidney Bracey Mrs. Teasdale's Butler (uncredited) Unowned
E.H. Calvert Officer in Battle Sequence (uncredited) Unowned
Davison Clark Minister of Finance #2 (uncredited) Unowned
Louise Closser Hale Reception Guest (uncredited) Unowned
Carrie Daumery Reception Guest (uncredited) Unowned
Maude Turner Gordon Reception Guest (uncredited) Unowned
Florence Wix Reception Guest (uncredited) Unowned
Joseph Crehan Dignitary at Reception (uncredited) Unowned
Mario Dominici Minister (uncredited) Unowned
Edmund Mortimer Minister (uncredited) Unowned
Charles West Minister (uncredited) Unowned
Verna Hillie Trentino's Blonde Secretary (uncredited) Unowned
Edward LeSaint Secretary of Labor (uncredited) Unowned
George MacQuarrie First Judge (uncredited) Unowned
Frederick Sullivan Second Judge (uncredited) Unowned
Eric Mayne Third Judge (uncredited) Unowned
Edwin Maxwell Freedonia's Secretary of War #1 (uncredited) Unowned
Dennis O'Keefe Bridegroom at Firefly's Reception (uncredited) Unowned
Leo Sulky Agitator (uncredited) Unowned
Dale Van Sickel A Palace Guard (uncredited) Unowned
William Worthington First Minister of Finance (uncredited) Unowned