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Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

The maddest comics of them all!

1930•1h 38m•6.9/10
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6.9/10(256)

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.

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Production

Paramount Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx

Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding

Harpo Marx

Harpo Marx

The Professor

Chico Marx

Chico Marx

Signor Emanuel Ravelli

Zeppo Marx

Zeppo Marx

Horatio Jamison

Lillian Roth

Lillian Roth

Arabella Rittenhouse

Margaret Dumont

Margaret Dumont

Mrs. Rittenhouse

Louis Sorin

Louis Sorin

Roscoe Chandler

Hal Thompson

Hal Thompson

John Parker

Margaret Irving

Margaret Irving

Mrs. Whitehead

Kathryn Reece

Kathryn Reece

Grace Carpenter

Robert Greig

Robert Greig

Hives

Edward Metcalf

Edward Metcalf

Hennessey

Robert Allen

Robert Allen

House Party Guest (uncredited)

Donald MacBride

Donald MacBride

House Party Guest (uncredited)

Ann Roth

House Party Guest (uncredited)

Fredi Washington

Fredi Washington

Party Guest

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