The Cocoanuts

Name: The Cocoanuts
Genre: Comedy, Music
Released: 1929-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 6.47

About The Cocoanuts

During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery.

The Cocoanuts is a 1929 comedy music film directed by Joseph Santley and Robert Florey. Its themes are pre-code, slapstick comedy, real estate, and jewel thief.

Groucho Marx takes the lead as Hammer, Harpo Marx as Red, Chico Marx as Pastrami, and Zeppo Marx as Jamison. It runs 93 minutes and was released in May 1929.

The screenplay is by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. It is adapted from a stage production. In the United States it streams on fuboTV and YouTube TV.

Dracula, Duck Soup, and The Broadway Melody make useful companions to The Cocoanuts, all filed under black and white and based on play or musical. TMDB voters put it at 6.5 out of 10 across 133 votes and it carries a NR rating.