Featuring the four Marx brothers – Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo, the latter in his final role as the group’s straight man – DUCK SOUP (1933) finds them bringing their unique brand of chaos to the small country of Freedonia, where Groucho’s Rufus’ T. Firefly is installed as the country’s leader. The brothers themselves were collectively named by the American Film Institute among cinema’s greatest stars – and this anarchic outing was the most celebrated among their filmography, earning a place on both the original and 10th anniversary editions of AFI’s lists celebrating the best in American cinema – and ranking #5 among the art form’s greatest comedies.
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