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Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Zeppo Marx, and The Marx Brothers in Duck Soup (1933)

Charles Middleton: Prosecutor

Duck Soup

Charles Middleton credited as playing...

Prosecutor

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  • Prosecutor: Something must be done! War would mean a prohibitive increase in our taxes.
  • Chicolini: Hey, I got an uncle lives in Taxes.
  • Prosecutor: No, I'm talking about taxes - money, dollars!
  • Chicolini: Dollars! There's-a where my uncle lives! Dollars, Taxes!
  • Chicolini: Now I aska you one. What has a trunk, but no key, weighs 2,000 pounds and lives in a circus?
  • Prosecutor: That's irrelevant.
  • Chicolini: Irrelephant? Hey, that'sa that answer. There's a whole lot of irrelephants in the circus.
  • Prosecutor: Chicolini, when were you born?
  • Chicolini: I don't-a remember. I was just a little baby.
  • Prosecutor: Isn't it true you tried to sell Freedonia's secret war code and plans?
  • Chicolini: Sure, I sold a code and two pair of plans.
  • Prosecutor: Chicolini, you're charged with high treason, and if found guilty, you'll be shot.
  • Chicolini: I object.
  • Prosecutor: You object? On what grounds?
  • Chicolini: I couldn't think of anything else to say.
  • Rufus T. Firefly: Objection sustained.
  • Prosecutor: Your Excellency, you sustain the objection?
  • Rufus T. Firefly: Sure, I couldn't think of anything else to say either. Why don't you object?

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