THE INCREDIBLE JEWEL ROBBERY (1959) ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Mitchell Leisen
Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Benny Rubin
Two familiar-looking characters stage a series of burglaries in the lead-up to a jewelry-store heist. The Marx Brothers' last appearance together, a 26-minute short originally broadcast on television's "General Electric Theater", where it was introduced by a future president of the United States. Chico and Harpo star, and it's all done without words, right up to the last minute, when Groucho comes on to deliver the only spoken line. It's a long way from "Animal Crackers" and "Monkey Business", and the laugh track is an annoyance, but Marx Brothers completists will want to check it out.
