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Duck Soup

1942 · 18 min

A breezy little farce that coasts on silly misunderstandings and light comic panic rather than real stakes.

Directed by
Ben Holmes
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Edgar Kennedy, Florence Lake, Jack Rice
Overview
Edgar mistakenly believes that his family wants to kill him to collect his life insurance.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Ben Holmes
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Edgar Kennedy, Florence Lake, Jack Rice
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • deception
  • greed
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Ben Holmes
Written by
Jean Yarbrough
Starring
Edgar Kennedy, Florence Lake, Jack Rice, Dot Farley, William Gould, Pat O'Malley, Joe Weston
Runtime
18 min
Country
United States of America

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