War is swell...when the Marx Brothers are in it. They'll be out of the trenches by Christmas...if the food doesn't improve!
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
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Character
Comic, cool, ironic and warm.
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
Who loves it, who doesn't
23 profiled raters. Loved most by The Archivists; disliked most by The Sinceres.
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Cast
- Groucho MarxRufus T. Firefly
- Harpo MarxPinky
- Chico MarxChicolini
- Zeppo MarxBob Roland
- Margaret DumontGloria Teasdale
- Raquel TorresVera Marcal
- Louis CalhernAmbassador Trentino
- Edmund BreeseZander
- Leonid KinskeySylvanian Agitator
- Charles MiddletonProsecutor
Crew
- Leo McCareyDirector
- Harry RubyWriter
- Nat PerrinWriter
- Bert KalmarWriter
- Henry SharpDirector of Photography
- John LeipoldOriginal Music Composer
- LeRoy StoneEditor
- Herman J. MankiewiczProducer
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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Blazing Saddles 197470% alikeBoth comic, cool, ironic.
Help! 196569% alikeBoth comic, cool, ironic.
Both comic, cool, warm.
Sleeper 197367% alikeBoth comic, cool, ironic.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail 197567% alikeBoth comic, cool, ironic.
Spitting Image 198479% alikeSeries · Both comic, cool, ironic.
Animaniacs 202070% alikeSeries · Both comic, cool, warm.
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