Continuity mistake: In the gala scene, Zeppo explains that Groucho is always on time and will arrive at exactly ten o'clock. Everyone starts singing the first big musical number, "When the Clock on the Wall Strikes Ten." There is even a shot of a clock set to ten. In the middle of the song, the clock strikes... six.

Duck Soup (1933)
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Directed by: Leo McCarey
Starring: Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, The Marx Brothers, Zeppo Marx
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