Marx Brothers comedy. The trio gets involved with the heir of a department store and a plot to murder him.
Announced as a farewell, but they made more movies after it. This is my second viewing. The style is somewhat less aggressive than that of their previous movies. The musical numbers are generally of extremely good taste. The screenplay has a degree of cohesion that is not usually found in the Bros' movies. There is verbal as well as visual humor (like in Go West, their previous one). One of various sublime moments is particularly memorable for its mysterious character: a female singer sings a lullaby in a strange deadpan manner, as if she were in a trance.
Rating: 61 (up from 57)
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