La guerra lampo dei fratelli Marx

La storia

Nella piccola nazione di Freedonia Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho) assume i poteri di un dittatore, ma deve fare i conti con due spie nemiche (Chico e Harpo), un tenore (Zeppo) e un astuto “cattivo” (Calhern). Considerato da molti, ma dopo gli anni '60, il capolavoro dei fratelli Marx. È il loro unico film diretto da un regista di talento, e fa storia a sé per la miscela tra satira e operetta europea. 70 minuti di buffoneria non stop senza interventi musicali né romantici. Fu un fiasco quando uscì.

Cast

G Groucho MarxRufus T. Firefly H Harpo MarxPinky C Chico MarxChicolini Z Zeppo MarxBob Roland M Margaret DumontGloria Teasdale R Raquel TorresVera Marcal L Louis CalhernAmbassador Trentino E Edmund BreeseZander L Leonid KinskeySylvanian Agitator C Charles MiddletonProsecutor E Edgar KennedyStreet Vendor E Edward ArnoldPolitician (uncredited)

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W Wade BotelerOfficer at Battle Headquarters (uncredited) S Sidney BraceyMrs. Teasdale's Butler (uncredited) E E.H. CalvertOfficer in Battle Sequence (uncredited) D Davison ClarkMinister of Finance #2 (uncredited) L Louise Closser HaleReception Guest (uncredited) C Carrie DaumeryReception Guest (uncredited) M Maude Turner GordonReception Guest (uncredited) F Florence WixReception Guest (uncredited) J Joseph CrehanDignitary at Reception (uncredited) M Mario DominiciMinister (uncredited) E Edmund MortimerMinister (uncredited) V Verna HillieTrentino's Blonde Secretary (uncredited) E Edward LeSaintSecretary of Labor (uncredited) G George MacQuarrieFirst Judge (uncredited) F Frederick SullivanSecond Judge (uncredited) E Eric MayneThird Judge (uncredited) E Edwin MaxwellFreedonia's Secretary of War #1 (uncredited) D Dennis O'KeefeBridegroom at Firefly's Reception (uncredited) L Leo SulkyAgitator (uncredited) D Dale Van SickelA Palace Guard (uncredited) W William WorthingtonFirst Minister of Finance (uncredited)