 a night in casablanca (1946) is the twelfth marx brothers movie, starring groucho marx, chico marx, and harpo marx. the picture was directed by archie mayo and written by joseph fields and roland kibbee, and is generally considered one of the better of the marx brothers' later films.monkey business: the lives and legends of the marx brothers (hardcover) by simon louvish. thomas dunne books; 1st u.s. edition (2000). ==plot== set in casablanca shortly after world war ii, escaped nazi war criminal heinrich stubel (sig ruman) has steadily murdered three different managers of the hotel casablanca. disguised as a count pfferman, stubel's goal is to reclaim the stolen art treasures that he has hidden in the hotel. however, the only way he can do this undetected is by murdering the hotel's managers and running the hotel himself. the newest manager of hotel casablanca is former motel proprietor ronald kornblow (groucho), who is very much unaware that he has been hired because no one else will dare take the position. inept kornblow takes charge of the hotel, and eventually crosses paths with corbaccio (chico), owner of the yellow camel company, who appoints himself as kornblow's bodyguard, aided and abetted by stubel's valet rusty (harpo). in his many efforts to murder kornblow, stubel sends beautiful beatrice reiner (lisette verea) to romance the clueless manager. before stubel can make his escape to the airfield with the loot, kornblow, his friends, and miss reiner invade his hotel room and sneak from suitcase to closet and back again to unpack his bags, which serves to drive him thoroughly mad. arrested on false charges, kornblow, corbaccio and rusty eventually crash stubel's plane into a police station where the brothers expose stubel as an escaped nazi. left|thumb|sheet music cover (cropped) ==cast== * groucho marx as manager ronald kornblow * harpo marx as rusty * chico marx as corbaccio * sig ruman as count pfferman/heinrich stubel * charles drake as lieutenant pierre delmar * lois collier as annette * lisette verea as beatrice reiner * lewis l. russell as governor galoux * dan seymour as prefect of police captain brizzard * frederick giermann as kurt * harro mellor as emile * david hoffman as spy * [[paul harvey (actor)|paul
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