A Night in Casablanca

While it has none of the sustained genius of their earlier outings, this Marx Brothers' picture has enough moments of inspired lunacy to merit a place on the week's "must see" list. Although freed from the constraints placed upon them by MGM, the trio (ending a five-year screen exile) is forced to play second fiddle to a contrived plot about spies and hidden treasure, which was supposed to invite cheeky comparisons with the classic Humphrey Bogart/Ingrid Bergman drama. Groucho goes into one-liner overdrive to compensate for the absence of Margaret Dumont, but Harpo has the best gag in the opening minutes, so don't be late!