Duck Soup is a 1933
Marx Brothers anarchic comedy film written by
Bert Kalmar and
Harry Ruby, with additional dialogue by
Arthur Sheekman and
Nat Perrin, and directed by
Leo McCarey. First released theatrically by
Paramount Pictures on November 17, 1933, it starred what were then billed as the "Four Marx Brothers" (
Groucho,
Harpo,
Chico, and
Zeppo) and also featured
Margaret Dumont,
Raquel Torres,
Louis Calhern and
Edgar Kennedy. It was the last Marx Brothers film to feature Zeppo, and the last of five Marx Brothers movies released by Paramount.