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Feature film — 1930

Animal Crackers (1930)

6.91h 38mComedy — Music

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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Paramount Pictures

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Director: Victor Heerman

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Cast & crew

Groucho Marx as Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding

Groucho Marx

Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding

Harpo Marx as The Professor

Harpo Marx

The Professor

Chico Marx as Signor Emanuel Ravelli

Chico Marx

Signor Emanuel Ravelli

Zeppo Marx as Horatio Jamison

Zeppo Marx

Horatio Jamison

Lillian Roth as Arabella Rittenhouse

Lillian Roth

Arabella Rittenhouse

Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Rittenhouse

Margaret Dumont

Mrs. Rittenhouse

Louis Sorin as Roscoe Chandler

Louis Sorin

Roscoe Chandler

Hal Thompson as John Parker

Hal Thompson

John Parker

Margaret Irving as Mrs. Whitehead

Margaret Irving

Mrs. Whitehead

Kathryn Reece as Grace Carpenter

Kathryn Reece

Grace Carpenter

Robert Greig as Hives

Robert Greig

Hives

Edward Metcalf as Hennessey

Edward Metcalf

Hennessey

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