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69% Critic Match
Animal Crackers
“The maddest comics of them all!”
6.9 / 10• 1930• 1h 38m•G• English
ComedyMusic
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Groucho Marx
Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding
Lead
Harpo Marx
The Professor
Chico Marx
Signor Emanuel Ravelli
Zeppo Marx
Horatio Jamison
Lillian Roth
Arabella Rittenhouse
Margaret Dumont
Mrs. Rittenhouse
Louis Sorin
Roscoe Chandler
Hal Thompson
John Parker
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Victor Heerman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Animal Crackers is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
