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Day at the Races, A

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by Teen Movie Critic

"This would be a great film to watch as a double billing with "A Night at the Opera"."

This fast-paced follow-up to "A Night at the Opera", has the brothers Marx invading a sanitarium, as they try to peddle Groucho off as a respected neurologist.

In the meantime, Chico and Harpo are trying to save the business of a friend (Maureen O'Sullivan), by entering their horse at the racetrack. As a result of these situations, everything runs amok, as things tend to do in a Marx Brothers' film. Once again, you'll find some truly memorable bits, especially from Groucho and Chico with their word games and double-talk. The film is hampered somewhat by some rather dull musical numbers, but the Brothers triumph over these minor problems and walk away with the film.

This would be a great film to watch as a double billing with "A Night at the Opera".

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originally posted: 12/18/99 06:45:59

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2/02/09 PAUL SHORTT THE MARXES' LAST TRULY GREAT FILM 5 stars

12/10/08 Katherine H. this movie is one of my favorites! the marx brothers are my all time favorite actors. 5 stars

3/08/08 Pamela White very funny movie 4 stars

7/07/05 John MacKendrick Their last great movie. Hilarious! 5 stars

6/24/03 adrian lane funny but about half hour to long 4 stars

6/24/03 jotormond very nice 4 stars

4/04/03 Gorky's Zygotic Mynci Zany good times, weakened only by superfluous, studio-mandated musical numbers 5 stars

1/18/03 Charles Tatum Hilarious 5 stars

2/06/02 Andrew Carden Wonderful Movie...Not To Mention A Comedy Classic. 5 stars

8/12/01 R.W. Welch Well paced Marxian chaos, one good jazz number. 4 stars

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USA 11-Jun-1937 DVD: 04-May-2004 UK 02-Feb-1938 (PG) Australia 02-Feb-1938 (G)

Directed by Sam Wood Written by Robert Pirosh George Seaton Cast Groucho Marx Chico Marx Harpo Marx Allan Jones Maureen O'Sullivan Margaret Dumont

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