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Animal Crackers

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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.
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Mordaunt Hall New York Times 01/28/2006
This mad affair suits the principals and its absurdities brought forth gales of laughter yesterday afternoon. Go to Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins 04/24/2025
6/10
Curiously, for a Marx Brothers comedy, this one is a touch overstuffed, with time added to sing an extra song or two, or for Chico to play more than one composition on the piano (Harpo gets to strum the harp, of course, which is requisite). Go to Full Review Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies 11/15/2023
4/5
Animal Crackers is an improvement on The Cocoanuts with The Marx Brothers bringing the funny in a way that only they can. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 11/12/2023
3/4
This and The Cocoanuts squeak by on the top-notch comedy quotient. Go to Full Review Francois Truffaut Arts (France) 05/06/2022
One laughs with this movie as much as one did twenty years ago. The extraordinary sequences of the bridge party and Harpo’s arrival are as irresistible as they used to be. Go to Full Review David Sterritt Christian Science Monitor 08/06/2021
Flaws, miscalculations, and songs notwithstanding, Animal Crackers is a peach. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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bruce C @bruce999 Aug 3 enjoyable ...the whole way through. funny, as they all try and get off the cruise ship, by acting like they are maurice chevalier worth a viewing now and then See more Barclay T. @Barclay Dec 26 Love the play on words See more Stephen C @bob25009 Nov 23 Funny in 01 hour, 38 minutes, and 13 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All ages admitted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Robert S @RT51554882 07/29/2024 I watched this one along with Duck Soup and Horse Feathers very recently. If you enjoy Marx Brothers, you'll enjoy this movie, if you're new to them I'd watch Duck Soup or one of the others first. See more Tony S @RT22145614 07/21/2024 A classic? If you love the Marx Brothers. I like the Marx Brothers, but this was a bit silly for me. See more John Y @JYJr16 07/15/2024 First time I’ve seen this movie in decades. This film has either been restored or the version(s) I had seen before have either been edited, damaged and/or incomplete. The scenes I hadn’t seen before were great and made the film that much better. An early Marx classic. See more Read all reviews
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Victor Heerman

Director

Groucho Marx

Capt. Jeffrey T. Spaulding

Harpo Marx

The Professor

Chico Marx

Signor Emanuel Ravelli

Zeppo Marx

Horatio Jamison

Margaret Dumont

Mrs. Rittenhouse

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Animal Crackers

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Animal Crackers

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Movie Info

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.
Director
Victor Heerman
Screenwriter
Morrie Ryskind
Distributor
Paramount Pictures, MCA/Universal Pictures [us]
Production Co
Paramount Pictures
Rating
G
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 28, 1930, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 8, 2020
Runtime
1h 37m
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