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Monkey Business

On a transatlantic crossing, The Marx Brothers get up to their usual antics and manage to annoy just about everyone on board the ship.

Director

Norman Z. McLeod

Year

Genre

comedy, musical

Box Office

N/A

Production

Paramount Pictures

Awards

2 nominations

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The Four Stowaways

The Marx Brothers

Groucho

Harpo

Chico

Zeppo

Joe Helton

Rockliffe Fellowes

Briggs

Lucille

Mary Helton

Gibson

Ship's Officer

Hoarse Barber Customer

Child

Man in Deck Chair

Joe

Party Guest

James Bradbury Jr.

Opera Singer at Party

Maurice Chevalier

Maurice Chevalier

Passport Official

Madame Swempski

Cecil Cunningham

Gangster

Punch and Judy Puppeteer

Indian's Wife at Party

Ship's 2nd Officer

Reporter

Indian at Party

Cabbie at Barn

Boat Passenger

Emily

Charlotte Mineau

Emily's Lover

Waiter

William H. O'Brien

Manicurist

Party Guest

Butch

Constantine Romanoff

Barber #2

Pickpocket Victim #1

Frederick Sullivan

Capt. Corcoran

Barber #1

Gangster

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Groucho Captain Corcoran Waiter Chico Lucille Madame Swempski Manicurist Joe Helton Woman Passenger Alky Briggs Zeppo Boat Passenger Indian At Party Gangster Cab Driver At Barn Emily Butch

There's my argument - Monkey Business

There's my argument

You look like a couple of stowaways to me - Monkey Business

You look like a couple of stowaways to me

One goes around with a black moustache - Monkey Business

One goes around with a black moustache

You're pretty fresh - Monkey Business

You're pretty fresh

Now we can eat in peace All right Here's a piece for you - Monkey Business

Now we can eat in peace All right Here's a piece for...

Gibson you've been drinking again - Monkey Business

Gibson you've been drinking again

Oh, Dr. Lanskell, it's something blue. - Monkey Business

Oh, Dr. Lanskell, it's something blue.

Would you like to have anything before lunch - Monkey Business

Would you like to have anything before lunch

Mustard's no good without roast beef - Monkey Business

Mustard's no good without roast beef

Do you want your nails trimmed long - Monkey Business

Do you want your nails trimmed long

You're a nice lookin' a gal - Monkey Business

You're a nice lookin' a gal

Clem. - Monkey Business

Oh, I was worried for you,
Miss Charlotte. - Monkey Business

Oh, I was worried for you, Miss Charlotte.

How could I laugh
at anyone so sincere, so kind? - Monkey Business

How could I laugh at anyone so sincere, so kind?

You can't keep me cooped up like this - Monkey Business

You can't keep me cooped up like this

That reminds me - Monkey Business

That reminds me

What are you doing in there - Monkey Business

What are you doing in there

You can't stay in that closet - Monkey Business

You can't stay in that closet

Clem, come back? - Monkey Business

Clem, come back?

You're not gonna get me off this bed - Monkey Business

You're not gonna get me off this bed

What do you think of an egg that would give me - Monkey Business

What do you think of an egg that would give me

But from the time he got the marriage license - Monkey Business

But from the time he got the marriage license

Alky can't make a fool of me - Monkey Business

Alky can't make a fool of me

Madam before I get through with you you will have a clear case for divorce - Monkey Business

Madam before I get through with you you will have a clear...

With a little study you'll go a long ways - Monkey Business

With a little study you'll go a long ways

Fancy meeting you here after all these drinks - Monkey Business

Fancy meeting you here after all these drinks

The captain's waiting to chase me - Monkey Business

The captain's waiting to chase me

I'd like to ask you one question - Monkey Business

I'd like to ask you one question

I see The stowaways - Monkey Business

I see The stowaways

I don't think we've got anything to talk about Get out - Monkey Business

I don't think we've got anything to talk about Get...

I'm stepping into your shoes as boss - Monkey Business

I'm stepping into your shoes as boss

Are these your gloves - Monkey Business

Are these your gloves

How much you pay - Monkey Business

How much you pay

What's the matter - Monkey Business

What's the matter

My grandfather's great - Monkey Business

My grandfather's great

My father was a partner's with Columbus - Monkey Business

My father was a partner's with Columbus

You bet I'm afraid - Monkey Business

You bet I'm afraid

I want to talk to you - Monkey Business

I want to talk to you

Loafing around with these tramps - Monkey Business

Loafing around with these tramps

Do you understand - Monkey Business

Do you understand

I realise it's a penny here and there but look at me - Monkey Business

I realise it's a penny here and there but look at me

Will you excuse
Charlotte and me, please? - Monkey Business

Will you excuse Charlotte and me, please?

Charlotte, Delia has told me. - Monkey Business

Charlotte, Delia has told me.

Columbus was sailing along on his vessel - Monkey Business

Columbus was sailing along on his vessel

Have a cigar babe Okay for the picture Joe - Monkey Business

Have a cigar babe Okay for the picture Joe

Everything that can be done
is being done. - Monkey Business

Everything that can be done is being done.

And you can say it was a real love match - Monkey Business

And you can say it was a real love match

I don't like this innuendo - Monkey Business

I don't like this innuendo

I'm just trying to sneak off the boat - Monkey Business

I'm just trying to sneak off the boat

Well you'll have to get up pretty early in the morning to steal from me - Monkey Business

Well you'll have to get up pretty early in the morning...

Just a little mistake - Monkey Business

Just a little mistake

Do you know who's on this boat - Monkey Business

Do you know who's on this boat

Delia, you must be brave. - Monkey Business

Delia, you must be brave.

Where's the Doctor - Monkey Business

Where's the Doctor

A man fainted over here - Monkey Business

A man fainted over here

What's the matter with me - Monkey Business

What's the matter with me

Have you guys got an invitation - Monkey Business

Have you guys got an invitation

Good night, Aunt Charlotte. - Monkey Business

Good night, Aunt Charlotte.

What else can she ever call me... - Monkey Business

What else can she ever call me...

"--shine upon you
and be gracious unto you. - Monkey Business

"--shine upon you and be gracious unto you.

In fact this is it - Monkey Business

In fact this is it

How about you and I passing out on the veranda - Monkey Business

How about you and I passing out on the veranda

Would you mind getting up off that fly paper and giving the flies a chance - Monkey Business

Would you mind getting up off that fly paper and giving the...

Sheriff I ain't forgetting - Monkey Business

Sheriff I ain't forgetting

What brought you here - Monkey Business

What brought you here

No don't my husband might be inside - Monkey Business

No don't my husband might be inside

Why can't we break away from all this - Monkey Business

Why can't we break away from all this

I've known and respected your husband Alky for many years - Monkey Business

I've known and respected your husband Alky for many...

I've been careful too long - Monkey Business

I've been careful too long

You're living in a fool's paradise - Monkey Business

You're living in a fool's paradise

Now my friends what am I offered for this fine French piece of bric a brac - Monkey Business

Now my friends what am I offered for this fine French piece...

Come here babe I like you - Monkey Business

Come here babe I like you

Everybody seems to be having nearly as much fun as I am - Monkey Business

Everybody seems to be having nearly as much fun as I am

In the first place - Monkey Business

In the first place

Ladies and gentlemen I wish to announce - Monkey Business

Ladies and gentlemen I wish to announce

Will you ring when you want
your hot milk, miss? - Monkey Business

Will you ring when you want your hot milk, miss?

Oh, Tina, Tina, Tina. - Monkey Business

Oh, Tina, Tina, Tina.

Tina. - Monkey Business

DRIVER 1 10 GROUCHO Here's 1 Keep the change - Monkey Business

DRIVER 1 10 GROUCHO Here's 1 Keep the change

You call this a party - Monkey Business

You call this a party

Get out of here - Monkey Business

Get out of here

He said beat it - Monkey Business

He said beat it

Gosh the picnic is off we haven't got any red ants - Monkey Business

Gosh the picnic is off we haven't got any red ants

Kidnapping a girl - Monkey Business

Kidnapping a girl

Keep out of this loft - Monkey Business

Keep out of this loft

Where's all those farmer's daughters I've been hearing about for years - Monkey Business

Where's all those farmer's daughters I've...

Delia, why don't you turn up the light? - Monkey Business

Delia, why don't you turn up the light?

You're a mother - Monkey Business

You're a mother

Here we are again at the ringside and it looks like a great battle - Monkey Business

Here we are again at the ringside and it looks like a great...

This program comes to you courtesy of the Golden Goose Furniture Company - Monkey Business

This program comes to you courtesy of the Golden Goose...

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On a transatlantic crossing, The Marx Brothers get up to their usual antics and manage to annoy just about everyone on board the ship.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Norman Z. McLeod

Writer: S.J. Perelman, Will B. Johnstone, Arthur Sheekman

Production: Paramount Pictures

Genre: comedy, musical

Year: 1931

MetaScore: 74/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 19 Sep 1931

Awards: 2 nominations

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