The Big Store (1941) is a Marx Brothers comedy film in which Groucho, Chico and Harpo work to save the Phelps Department Store, owned by Martha Phelps (Margaret Dumont). Groucho plays detective Wolf J. Flywheel, a character name originating from the Marx-Perrin radio show Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel in the early 1930s.
It was advertised as their final film, and it was the last of five films made under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. However, they would return to the screen in A Night in Casablanca (1946) and Love Happy (1949).
The Big Store co-starred long-time Marx Brothers' foil Margaret Dumont as well as the love interests, Tony Martin and Virginia Grey. The Big Store was Dumont's final film with the Marx Brothers. The "heavy" was Mr. Grover, played by Douglass Dumbrille, who had played a similar role in A Day at the Races.
Tagline: "Where everything is a good buy. Goodbye!"
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