Monkey Business (1931)

Directors

Norman Z. McLeod

Cast

Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Rockliffe Fellowes, Harry Woods, Thelma Todd

The story

On board an ocean liner (portrayed by the French ocean liner De Grasse) bound for America, four stowaways hide in wooden barrels in the ship's cargo hold. After singing "Sweet Adeline", they are discovered and the ship's officers spend the rest of the voyage chasing and attempting to catch the stowaways who are running amok. Chico and Harpo pose as barbers and shave off an officer's mustache while he is sleeping; Groucho and Chico lock the ship's captain in a closet and eat his lunch; Groucho hides in the closet of the stateroom of gangster Alky Briggs and his wife, Lucille; Briggs leaves and Groucho begins romancing Lucille until he is…

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