"Just Wait 'Til I Get Through With It", Groucho's song about the laws of his administration."When The Clock On The Wall Strikes 10".Carrie Daumery as reception guest (uncredited).Wade Boteler as officer at battle headquarters (uncredited).Davison Clark as Second Minister of Finance.William Worthington as First Minister of Finance.Edwin Maxwell as Former Secretary of War.Edmund Breese as Former President Zander, Firefly's predecessor.Raquel Torres as Vera Marcal, a femme fatale who is working for Ambassador Trentino.Louis Calhern as Ambassador Trentino of Sylvania who schemes to have his country take over Freedonia.Gloria Teasdale, a rich widow who underwrites the budget of Freedonia Chico Marx as Chicolini, another spy for Sylvania.Harpo Marx as Pinky, a spy for Sylvania.Teasdale's insistence, becomes the leader of Freedonia Teasdale begins singing the Freedonia national anthem in her operatic voice and the Brothers begin hurling fruit at her instead. Trentino surrenders, but Firefly tells him to wait until they run out of fruit. Chicolini and Pinky join Firefly and Bob Roland in anarchic battle, resulting in general mayhem.Īfter a fierce battle, the end of the film finds Trentino caught in a makeshift pillory, with the Brothers pelting him with fruit. Chicolini is caught by Firefly and put on trial, during which war is officially declared, and everyone is overcome by war frenzy, breaking into song and dance. Teasdale's safe and tells her to assist Chicolini and Pinky in stealing them. Trentino learns from another spy, Vera Marcal that Freedonia's plans of war are in Mrs. Teasdale, and, like Trentino, hoping to get his hands on her late husband's wealth. Adding to the international friction is the fact that Firefly is also courting Mrs. As a result, the two countries come to the brink of war.
Firefly agrees to the plan, but after a series of personal insults exchanged between Firefly and Trentino, the plan backfires when Firefly slaps Trentino instead of being slapped by him. Meanwhile, Firefly's secretary, Bob Roland, suspects Trentino's motives, and he advises Firefly to get rid of Trentino by insulting him. Teasdale, and he tries to dig up dirt on Firefly by sending in spies Chicolini and Pinky.Īfter failing to collect useful information against Firefly, Chicolini and Pinky are able to infiltrate the government when Chicolini is appointed Secretary of War after Firefly sees him selling peanuts outside his window. Sylvanian ambassador Trentino tries to foment a revolution and to woo Mrs. Meanwhile, neighboring Sylvania is attempting to annex the country. Firefly be appointed leader of the small, bankrupt country of Freedonia before she will continue to provide much-needed financial aid.