Duck Soup

Duck Soup

69 mins | Comedy, War | Nov. 12, 1933

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

Duck Soup

69 mins | Comedy, War | Nov. 12, 1933

Duck Soup
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Paramount
Original title Duck Soup
Directors Leo McCarey
Writers Nat Perrin, Arthur Sheekman, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby

Cast

Groucho Marx

as Rufus T. Firefly

Harpo Marx

as Pinky

Chico Marx

as Chicolini

Zeppo Marx

as Bob Roland

Margaret Dumont

as Gloria Teasdale

Raquel Torres

as Vera Marcal

Louis Calhern

as Ambassador Trentino

Edmund Breese

as Zander

Leonid Kinskey

as Sylvanian Agitator

Charles Middleton

as Prosecutor

Edgar Kennedy

as Street Vendor

Edward Arnold

as Politician (uncredited)

Wade Boteler

as Officer at Battle Headquarters (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

as Mrs. Teasdale's Butler (uncredited)

E.H. Calvert

as Officer in Battle Sequence (uncredited)

Davison Clark

as Minister of Finance #2 (uncredited)

Louise Closser Hale

as Reception Guest (uncredited)

Carrie Daumery

as Reception Guest (uncredited)

Maude Turner Gordon

as Reception Guest (uncredited)

Florence Wix

as Reception Guest (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

as Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)

Mario Dominici

as Minister (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

as Minister (uncredited)

Charles West

as Minister (uncredited)

Verna Hillie

as Trentino's Blonde Secretary (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint

as Secretary of Labor (uncredited)

George MacQuarrie

as First Judge (uncredited)

Frederick Sullivan

as Second Judge (uncredited)

Eric Mayne

as Third Judge (uncredited)

Edwin Maxwell

as Freedonia's Secretary of War #1 (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

as Bridegroom at Firefly's Reception (uncredited)

Leo Sulky

as Agitator (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel

as A Palace Guard (uncredited)

William Worthington

as First Minister of Finance (uncredited)