Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

97 mins | Comedy, Music | Aug. 8, 1930

The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.

Animal Crackers

97 mins | Comedy, Music | Aug. 8, 1930

Animal Crackers
The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Paramount
Original title Animal Crackers
Directors Pierre Collings, Victor Heerman
Writers George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby

Cast

Groucho Marx

as Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding

Harpo Marx

as The Professor

Chico Marx

as Signor Emanuel Ravelli

Zeppo Marx

as Horatio Jamison

Lillian Roth

as Arabella Rittenhouse

Margaret Dumont

as Mrs. Rittenhouse

Louis Sorin

as Roscoe Chandler

Hal Thompson

as John Parker

Margaret Irving

as Mrs. Whitehead

Kathryn Reece

as Grace Carpenter

Robert Greig

as Hives

Edward Metcalf

as Hennessey

Robert Allen

as House Party Guest (uncredited)

Donald MacBride

as House Party Guest (uncredited)

Ann Roth

as House Party Guest (uncredited)