Comedy ·Music · United States of America · 1930 · 1h 38m

Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers poster
Director
Victor Heerman
Cast
Groucho Marx as Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding Harpo Marx as The Professor Chico Marx as Signor Emanuel Ravelli Zeppo Marx as Horatio Jamison Lillian Roth as Arabella Rittenhouse Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Rittenhouse
Crew
George J. Folsey — Director of Photography Max Reese — Original Music Composer Morrie Ryskind — Screenplay George S. Kaufman — Writer
Tagline

The maddest comics of them all!

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Animal Crackers — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
musicalbased on play or musicalwhodunitblack and whitepre-code
Key Collaborators
Victor Heerman Director George J. Folsey Director of Photography Max Reese Original Music Composer Morrie Ryskind Screenplay George S. Kaufman Writer
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