Monkey Business
United States
1931
77 Min
Black and White
1.20:1
English
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While stowing away on a ship to America, the boys get involuntarily pressed into service as toughs for a pair of feuding gangsters while trying desparately to evade the ship’s crew. After arriving stateside, one of the gangsters kidnaps the other’s daughter – and it’s up to our unlikely heroes to save the day. —IMDb
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Erik Gregersen
8Jan11
"Oh, I know it's a penny here and a penny there, but look at me. I worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty. "
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Roscoe
24Apr10
Maybe the purest expression of Marx Bros madness -- as close as Hollywood has come to a plotless film, with lots of glorious Marx business. A joy to watch.
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