Synopsis
Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin U.
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Cast
- Groucho MarxProfessor Wagstaff
- Harpo MarxPinky
- Chico MarxBaravelli
- Zeppo MarxFrank Wagstaff
- Thelma ToddConnie Bailey
- David LandauJennings
- Bobby BarberSpeakeasy Patron (uncredited)
- Reginald BarlowRetiring Collage President (uncredited)
- Vince BarnettSpeakeasy Patron (uncredited)
- Sheila BromleyWagstaff's Receptionist (uncredited)
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TV Guide Magazine
Not a masterpiece but divine all the same. The Marx Brothers bring their special brand of anarchy to the world of college football in this wonderfully madcap comedy. - 90
Variety
The madcap Marxes, in one of their maddest screen frolics. The premise of Groucho Marx as the college prexy and his three aides and abettors putting Huxley College on the grid-iron map promises much and delivers more. - 88
Chicago Tribune
In their cockeyed prime, the Marx Brothers dismantle higher education by taking over Huxley College and setting it on a collision course with football arch-rival Darwin. [30 Dec 2005, p.C4] - 83
The A.V. Club
Anarchy finally reigned supreme in 1932's classic Horse Feathers, which was the first Marx brothers comedy that smoothly integrated the story into the troupe's routine. - 80
The New York Times
Some of the fun is even more reprehensible than the doings of these clowns in previous films, but there is no denying that their antics and their patter are helped along by originality and ready wit. - 80
Time Out
The Brothers have never been so chaotic or so aggressively funny. - 80
Empire
Marx brothers anarchy that makes up for plot inconsistencies with infectious humour. - 80
The Guardian
The movie is packed with brilliant, logic-chopping dialogue and surreal visual gags that, though familiar and often quoted, come up fresh at each viewing, none funnier than Harpo getting money from a phone as if it were a fruit machine.