Monkey Business (1931)

NR09/19/1931Comedy1h 17m
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Laughing days are here again!

Overview

Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Groucho Marx

    Groucho

  2. Cast 1

    Harpo Marx

    Harpo

  3. Cast 1

    Chico Marx

    Chico

  4. Cast 1

    Zeppo Marx

    Zeppo

  5. Cast 1

    Rockliffe Fellowes

    J.J. 'Big Joe' Helton

  6. Cast 1

    Harry Woods

    Alky Briggs

  7. Cast 1

    Thelma Todd

    Lucille Briggs

  8. Cast 1

    Ruth Hall

    Mary Helton

  9. Cast 1

    Tom Kennedy

    Gibson

The four Marx brothers smuggle themselves aboard an ocean liner in barrels and proceed to cause a modicum of havoc on the ship before cleverly avoiding immigration officials in New York and ending up embroiled in a turf war between rival gangsters that sees one of their number's daughter kidnapped - and our hapless comics seem the most likely to save the day, and the gal! Now I'm not really a fan of this kind of humour, I just don't find it funny - but one has to admire the sheer precision of their performance. The quickly paced, expertly choreographed "spontaneity" of it all is precise and im...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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