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Monkey Business (1931)

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Average Rating:7.4/10

Runtime: 77 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: The madcap Marx Brothers stowaway on a luxury cruise ship in this fast-paced, laugh-filled farce. While they manage to elude capture by the ship's captain and crew by staging impromptu puppet shows... The madcap Marx Brothers stowaway on a luxury cruise ship in this fast-paced, laugh-filled farce. While they manage to elude capture by the ship's captain and crew by staging impromptu puppet shows and hiding in herring barrels, getting off the boat is another matter. Before long they're all impersonating Maurice Chevalier in order to disembark and begin their new careers as mob bodyguards. [More]

Starring: Marx Brothers, Thelma Todd, Ruth Hall, Harry Woods

Starring: Marx Brothers, Thelma Todd, Ruth Hall, Harry Woods, Tom Kennedy, Ben Taggart, Otto Fries

Director: Norman Z. McLeod

Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Screenwriter: Arthur Sheekman

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