Duck Soup

About Duck Soup

Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs.

Duck Soup (1933) is a comedy war film directed by Leo McCarey. It runs 68 minutes and was released in November 1933.

The film is filed under widow, witty, pre-code, and slapstick comedy.

Groucho Marx stars as Rufus T. Firefly, Harpo Marx as Pinky, Chico Marx as Chicolini, and Zeppo Marx as Bob Roland. The screenplay is by Arthur Sheekman and Bert Kalmar. It streams on YouTube TV in the United States.

The Great Dictator, It Happened One Night, and Kind Hearts and Coronets make useful companions to Duck Soup, all filed under black and white, dictator, and fictitious country. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 890 votes and it carries a NR rating.