

Animal Crackers
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The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.
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- Language
- English
- musical
- based on play or musical
- whodunit
- black and white
- pre-code
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalG8 Aug 1930
- PhysicalNRMCA Home Video #55000 [𝐕𝐇𝐒📼] | 𝟵𝟴 mínutєѕ1 Jan 1986
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU6 Mar 1931
BrazilBR
- TheatricalL1 Dec 1930
GreeceGR
- Theatrical (limited)Athens Film Festival13 Sept 2001
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Animal Crackers was released on 8 August 1930.
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CinemaSerf
6/13/2022
So a renowned explorer ("Capt. Spaulding" - Groucho Marx) returns from doing his David Livingstone in Africa and attends a lavish reception in his honour. Whilst at this swanky soirée, a very valuable painting is stolen and so he, along with Harpo, Chico & Zeppo all pitch in to recover it for their hostess; the glamorous but no-nonsense "Mrs. Rittenhouse" (Margaret Dumont - who frequently struggles to keep a straight…
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