Monkey Business

Sep 19, 1931

1h 17m

★ 7.0

Laughing days are here again!

Overview

Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Monkey Business Trailers

Cast

Groucho

Groucho Marx

Harpo

Harpo Marx

Chico

Chico Marx

Zeppo

Zeppo Marx

J.J. 'Big Joe' Helton

Rockliffe Fellowes

Alky Briggs

Harry Woods

Lucille Briggs

Thelma Todd

Mary Helton

Ruth Hall

Gibson

Tom Kennedy

Capt. Corcoran (uncredited)

Ben Taggart

Man in Deck Chair

Billy Bletcher

Himself (voice)

Maurice Chevalier

A stowaway sneaks aboard a ship departing on a cruise down the Vistula River. The captain takes him for a Communist Party cultural coordinator and the intruder gladly adapts to his new role, immediately setting to work at manipulating the passengers and crew into silly and vaguely humiliating games. Before long, Tym has got everyone under his thumb and created his own comedic dictatorship.

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