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A Night in Casablanca

1946 · 85 min

A whirlwind of rapid-fire wordplay and slapstick chaos, light and silly, with a cartoonish Nazi plot that never feels threatening.

Tagline
100 Girls! 1,000 Scenes! 10,000 Laffs!
Overview
The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • deception
  • justice
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour9
Realism3
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Archie Mayo
Written by
Roland Kibbee, Joseph Fields
Starring
Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Charles Drake, Lois Collier, Sig Ruman, Lisette Verea, Lewis L. Russell
Cinematography
James Van Trees
Runtime
85 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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