"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!"

1933

1h 9m

7.3(809 votes)

Comedy

War

Overview

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

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Cast & Crew

34 members

Acting

Groucho Marx

Rufus T. Firefly

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Harpo Marx

Pinky

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Chico Marx

Chicolini

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Zeppo Marx

Bob Roland

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Margaret Dumont

Gloria Teasdale

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Raquel Torres

Vera Marcal

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Louis Calhern

Ambassador Trentino

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Edmund Breese

Zander

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Leonid Kinskey

Sylvanian Agitator

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Charles Middleton

Prosecutor

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Edgar Kennedy

Street Vendor

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Edward Arnold

Politician (uncredited)

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Wade Boteler

Officer at Battle Headquarters (uncredited)

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Sidney Bracey

Mrs. Teasdale's Butler (uncredited)

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E.H. Calvert

Officer in Battle Sequence (uncredited)

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Davison Clark

Minister of Finance #2 (uncredited)

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Louise Closser Hale

Reception Guest (uncredited)

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Carrie Daumery

Reception Guest (uncredited)

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Maude Turner Gordon

Reception Guest (uncredited)

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Florence Wix

Reception Guest (uncredited)

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Joseph Crehan

Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)

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Mario Dominici

Minister (uncredited)

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Edmund Mortimer

Minister (uncredited)

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Charles West

Minister (uncredited)

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Verna Hillie

Trentino's Blonde Secretary (uncredited)

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Edward LeSaint

Secretary of Labor (uncredited)

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George MacQuarrie

First Judge (uncredited)

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Frederick Sullivan

Second Judge (uncredited)

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Eric Mayne

Third Judge (uncredited)

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Edwin Maxwell

Freedonia's Secretary of War #1 (uncredited)

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Dennis O'Keefe

Bridegroom at Firefly's Reception (uncredited)

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Leo Sulky

Agitator (uncredited)

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Dale Van Sickel

A Palace Guard (uncredited)

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William Worthington

First Minister of Finance (uncredited)

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