Editing Duck Soup (1933 film) (section)

==Cast==
[[File:Groucho Marx-Margaret Dumont in Duck Soup trailer.jpg|thumb|right|[[Groucho Marx]] and [[Margaret Dumont]] ]]
{{Cast listing|
* [[Groucho Marx]] as Rufus T. Firefly, the leader of Freedonia
* [[Harpo Marx]] as Pinky, a spy for Sylvania 
* [[Chico Marx]] as Chicolini, another spy for Sylvania
* [[Zeppo Marx]] as Lt. Bob Roland, Firefly's secretary
* [[Margaret Dumont]] as Mrs. Gloria Teasdale, a rich widow who underwrites the budget of Freedonia
* [[Louis Calhern]] as Ambassador Trentino of Sylvania, who schemes to have his country annex Freedonia
* [[Raquel Torres]] as Vera Marcal, a [[femme fatale]] spying for Sylvania
* [[Edgar Kennedy]] as the blustery lemonade vendor
* [[Edmund Breese]] as Former President Zander, Firefly's predecessor
* [[Edwin Maxwell (actor)|Edwin Maxwell]] as the Secretary of War
* [[William Worthington (actor)|William Worthington]] as First Minister of Finance
* Davison Clark as Second Minister of Finance
* [[Charles B. Middleton|Charles Middleton]] as prosecutor
* [[Leonid Kinskey]] as Trentino's Sylvanian "agitator"
* [[Verna Hillie]] as Trentino's secretary
* [[George MacQuarrie]] as first judge
* [[Frederic Richard Sullivan|Fred Sullivan]] as second judge
* [[Eric Mayne]] as third judge
* [[Wade Boteler]] as officer at battle headquarters (uncredited)
* [[Carrie Daumery]] as reception guest (uncredited)
}}

===Cast notes===
Comparing the original scripts with the finished film, most of the characters' initial scripted names were later changed. Only the names of Chicolini and Mrs. Teasdale were kept. Groucho's character—originally named "Rufus T. ''Firestone''"—eventually became Rufus T. Firefly, while the name of Harpo's character—named Pinky in the final product—was given in the Paramount pressbook as "Brownie".<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.marx-brothers.org/marxology/images/pressbook.gif | title=Paramount's Press Book }}</ref> "Ambassador Frankenstein of Amnesia" was quickly changed to Ambassador Trentino of Sylvania. Zeppo's character remained Firefly's son until very late in production, finally becoming Bob Roland, his secretary; also, Mrs. Teasdale's niece "June Parker" transformed into Vera Marcal, first introduced as Trentino's "niece" before ultimately becoming his companion.<ref name="scripts"/>