Humor Risk
8.0
Harpo played the hero, a detective named Watson who "made his entrance in a high hat, sliding down a coal chute into the basement". Groucho played an "old movie" villain, who "sported a long moustache and was clad in black", while Chico was probably his "chuckling [Italian] henchman". Zeppo portrayed a playboy who was the owner of a nightclub in which most of the action took place, including "a cabaret, [which allowed] the inclusion of a dance number". The final shot showed Groucho "in ball and chain, trudging slowly off into the gloaming". Harpo, in a rare moment of romantic glory, gets the girl in the end. This film is lost.
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Cast
11 people
Groucho Marx
Villain
Known for
Duck Soup
A Night at the Opera
Harpo Marx
Watson
Known for
Duck Soup
A Night at the Opera
Jo Swerling
Richard Smith
Al Posen
Chico Marx
Chuckling [Italian] Henchman
Known for
A Night at the Opera
Duck Soup
Zeppo Marx
Playboy / Barowner
Known for
Duck Soup
Animal Crackers
Jobyna Ralston
Leading Lady
Known for
Wings
The Freshman
Dick Smith
Max Lippman
A. H. Vallet
Richard Smith Director · Jo Swerling Writer
Budget $6K · United States release December 1, 1921 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$6,000
Production
Caravel Comedies
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · December 1, 1921
Limited theatrical · Matinee venue
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