Duck Soup

Duck Soup

1933, NR, 70 min. Directed by Leo McCarey. Starring Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont.

REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Wed., June 30, 1999

"Hail, Freedonia!" The Marx Brothers literally declare war, and no one is safe.

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Duck Soup, Leo McCarey, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont

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