Blu-ray Review A Night in Casablanca Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[Matt Hough]

Archie Mayo’s A Night in Casablanca certainly won’t rank alongside Duck Soup, Horse Feathers, or A Night at the Opera, but any occasion to spend time with the Marx Brothers is time well spent.



A Night in Casablanca (1946)



Released: 12 Oct 1946
Rated: Passed
Runtime: 85 min




Director: Archie Mayo
Genre: Comedy



Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Charles Drake
Writer(s): Joseph Fields (original screenplay), Roland Kibbee (original screenplay)



Plot: The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.



IMDB rating: 7.0
MetaScore: N/A





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Studio: Other
Distributed By: ClassicFlix
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[Angelo Colombus]

I like the film and the Brothers did finance the movie themselves. The good news is that after sitting in some mail bin at the Post Office for over a week it's on it's way and will get it soon.

 

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Mine is due to be delivered on Saturday, December 26. I have always enjoyed the films of the Marx Brothers, even the ones considered to be their weakest.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Mine shipped, but it looks like a January delivery date for me.

 

[Matt Hough]

I had it in my head that it wasn't really very funny, so you can imagine how surprised I was as I found myself laughing pretty continuously throughout my viewing.

 

[JoeDoakes]

I think this is an excellent film. I liked it better than the other post Paramount Marx Brothers.

 

[BobO'Link]

This is one of, if not the, the first Marx Brother's films I ever saw (I was around 8 or 9) and it made me a huge fan. The scene where Harpo's leaning against a building and is asked "What do you think you're doing? Holding the wall up?" was one of my favorite bits as a kid (still is).

I have no idea when my copy is scheduled for delivery - but it'll get here. I'll likely watch it the day it arrives.

 

[ahollis]

Thanks for your review. Reading it just makes my mouth water waiting for the disc to arrive.

 

[Bartman]

I like the film and the Brothers did finance the movie themselves. The good news is that after sitting in some mail bin at the Post Office for over a week it's on it's way and will get it soon.

I ordered some DVDs at Thanksgiving, they arrived via the USPS yesterday. I got an email from Netflix apologizing for late deliveries due to the USPS, that's a first. I have another Thanksgiving order I'm still waiting for the USPS to deliver! I can imagine there are mountains of parcels at the major sorting centers. Don't worry they'll have them cleared in a month or two.

 

[Angelo Colombus]

I ordered some DVDs at Thanksgiving, they arrived via the USPS yesterday. I got an email from Netflix apologizing for late deliveries due to the USPS, that's a first. I have another Thanksgiving order I'm still waiting for the USPS to deliver! I can imagine there are mountains of parcels at the major sorting centers. Don't worry they'll have them cleared in a month or two.

I think after Christmas and more folks getting the virus shot i hope the Post Office will get back to it's normal deliveries. Also Media Mail has the lowest priority in mail delivery so that explains the delays in some of my discs.

 

[BarryR]

Unless it's been pointed out already, "Who's Sorry Now" was composed and published in 1923, and not introduced in this movie.

 

[wranim8]

Still have a Super 8 film copy of this pic which I watched many times. Back in the day. Pretty funny, even with some aging out by the bros, but much better than Love Happy,

 

[Matt Hough]

Unless it's been pointed out already, "Who's Sorry Now" was composed and published in 1923, and not introduced in this movie.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Osato]

I’ve never seen this one but have been buying and watching many of the Marx bros films this year.
I’ll keep an eye out for this one to pick up.

 

[Angelo Colombus]

Received my copy yesterday and a nice upgrade to my TCM 4 film dvd flipper set. I wished the new release had a commentary on it but i won't complain too much.

 

[[email protected]]

Mine just arrived, can't wait to watch. I also ordered The Complete Hal Roach Thelma Todd Patsy Kelly Comedy Collection, along with it.

 

[BobO'Link]

Mine shipped today. I realized Classicflix offered it on their site for the same price as Amazon so I cancelled my Amazon order to give Classicflix the full benefit of the order and added the Streamliners Collection V4 DVD, Merrily We Live BR, and The Michael Shayne Mysteries DVD.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Mine finally arrives today after being mire in the USPS system. I'm looking forward to watching it today or tomorrow at the latest.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I watched my BD today and found the movie pretty funny. When I was a kid, I was never a big Marx Brothers fan, but came to appreciate them more as an adult. IMO, this movie is their best one late in their career in which the three oldest brothers appeared together.

 

[ClassicFlix]

Thanks for the mention Robert. NIGHT really is a fun one and I agree that it's the best of their later films.

- David
ClassicFlix Founder, Producer