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Director:
Charles Reisner
Writers:
Nat Perrin (story)
Sid Kuller (writer) ...
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Release Date:
20 June 1941 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical more
Tagline:
Howl . . . And Farewell ! Their Last Picture . . . And Their Best ! more
Plot:
A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager. full summary | add synopsis
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Cinema Retro Exclusive Interview With Bill Marx, Son Of Harpo Marx
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Groucho Marx ... Wolf J. Flywheel

Chico Marx ... Ravelli

Harpo Marx ... Wacky
Tony Martin ... Tommy Rogers
Virginia Grey ... Joan Sutton
Margaret Dumont ... Martha Phelps
Douglass Dumbrille ... Mr. Grover
William Tannen ... Fred 'Chris' Sutton
Marion Martin ... Peggy Arden
Virginia O'Brien ... Kitty
Henry Armetta ... Guiseppi
Anna Demetrio ... Maria
Paul Stanton ... Arthur Hastings
Russell Hicks ... George Hastings
Bradley Page ... Duke
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Runtime:
83 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G | Finland:S | Germany:6 | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (certificate #7345)
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The Marx Brothers announced that this would be their last film, but they actually went on to make two more. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the brothers are barricading themselves in the electrical supply room, as the light bulbs are falling (and sounding like gunshots), the close-up clearly shows a white string pulling the rear of the shelf up and some of the mechanism lever is visibly moving at the top-right of the shelf. more
Quotes:
Mr. Grover: If Ms. Phelps were not my fiancée, I would turn in my resignation and walk out of this store for good!
Martha Phelps: Oh no, no...
Wolf J. Flywheel: Fiancée?
Martha Phelps: Yes.
Wolf J. Flywheel: You mean a woman of your culture and money and beauty and money and wealth and money would, would marry that imposter?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) more
Soundtrack:
If It's You more

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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
The Big Store (1941) **, 1 August 2004
6/10
Author: JoeKarlosi from U.S.A.

This latter Marx Bros. comedy still contains some vintage moments between Groucho and his longtime foil Margaret Dumont, with good comic dialogue written for Groucho once again. The scene where she visits his office to hire him as a detective, as he and Harpo pull off a ruse by making it appear that Groucho's not a starving nobody but a first-class private eye, is as good as anything I've seen in their other pictures.

Things get bogged down later with musical numbers (I mean, what else is new?), but I was impressed by many of the sets in the grand department store.

Some good, some not-so-good.

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