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Overview
Release Date:
28 August 1930 (USA) moreTagline:
The maddest comics of them all!Plot:
Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Hooray for Captain Spalding! moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Groucho Marx | ... | Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding | |
| Harpo Marx | ... | The Professor | |
| Chico Marx | ... | Signor Emanuel Ravelli | |
| Zeppo Marx | ... | Horatio Jamison | |
| Lillian Roth | ... | Arabella Rittenhouse | |
| Margaret Dumont | ... | Mrs. Rittenhouse | |
| Louis Sorin | ... | Roscoe W. Chandler | |
| Hal Thompson | ... | John Parker | |
| Margaret Irving | ... | Mrs. Whitehead | |
| Kathryn Reece | ... | Grace Carpenter | |
| Robert Greig | ... | Hives, the Butler | |
| Edward Metcalf | ... | Inspector Hennessy |
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
97 min | Argentina:98 minCountry:
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1.20 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Spain:T | Argentina:Atp | Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:All | Australia:G | Germany:o.Al. | UK:U | USA:G (1974 re-release)MOVIEmeter: 
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The movie's line "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know." was voted as the #53 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100). moreGoofs:
Continuity: In the final scene of the movie, just as Harpo is about to drop all the cutlery from his sleeve, the camera cuts to a close up of Chico. For an instant his hat is pulled down very low, covering his eyes. However, in the scenes before and immediately after, his hat rests normally on his head. moreQuotes:
Capt. Spaulding: Play that song about the Irish chiropodist.Ravelli: Irish chiropodist?
Capt. Spaulding: "My Fate Is In Your Hands".
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Time of the Apes (#4.6)" (1991) moreSoundtrack:
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This is one of my favorite Marx Brothers movies. Just sit back and watch the mayhem come at you, and everyone else in their way. Filled with some of their reliable stock players and plots, there's nothing new about this at all- except for their astounding wit and polish and amazing routines. George Kaufman wrote the script, which is one of their strongest, and it's just sublime silliness from the first word. Watch it when you're sick, it'll lift up your spirits.