Animal Crackers

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Animal Crackers

G

1930

1h 37m

Comedy

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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.

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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).

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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.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

11/12/2023

3/4

This and The Cocoanuts squeak by on the top-notch comedy quotient.

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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.

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David Sterritt

Christian Science Monitor

08/06/2021

Flaws, miscalculations, and songs notwithstanding, Animal Crackers is a peach.

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Barclay T.

@Barclay Dec 26

Love the play on words

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Nov 23

Funny in 01 hour, 38 minutes, and 13 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All ages admitted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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acsdoug D

@acsdoug 05/17/2024

One of the Marx Brothers' best.

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Victor Heerman

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Groucho Marx

Capt. Jeffrey T. Spaulding

Harpo Marx

The Professor

Chico Marx

Signor Emanuel Ravelli

Zeppo Marx

Horatio Jamison

Margaret Dumont

Mrs. Rittenhouse

Animal Crackers: Official Clip - Well, Three Anyway

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Animal Crackers: Official Clip - The Professor!

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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