Humor Risk

9.0
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 24 min
  • Premiere: 1921. December 1.

Harpo played the hero, a detective named Watson who "made his entrance in a high hat, sliding down a coal chute into the basement". Groucho played an "old movie" villain, who "sported a long moustache and was clad in black", while Chico was probably his "chuckling [Italian] henchman". Zeppo portrayed a playboy who was the owner of a nightclub in which most of the action took place, including "a cabaret, [which allowed] the inclusion of a dance number". The final shot showed Groucho "in ball and chain, trudging slowly off into the gloaming". Harpo, in a rare moment of romantic glory, gets the girl in the end. This film is lost.

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Groucho Marx

Villain

Harpo Marx

Watson

Chico Marx

Chuckling [Italian] Henchman

Zeppo Marx

Playboy / Barowner

Jobyna Ralston

Leading Lady

Crew

A. H. Vallet

Cinematography

Directing

Dick Smith

Director

Production

Al Posen

Producer

Max Lippman

Producer

Jo Swerling

Producer

Writing

Jo Swerling

Writer

Crew

A. H. Vallet

Cinematography

Directing

Dick Smith

Director

Production

Al Posen

Producer

Max Lippman

Producer

Jo Swerling

Producer

Writing

Jo Swerling

Writer