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Road to Rio (1947)

Movie"Take a New Year Cruise to Rio with the Screen's Top Laughter Trio!"
Audience Score
68
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NR 1 hr 40 minDec 25th, 1947Music, Comedy, Adventure, RomanceRoad to... Collection PosterPart of Road to... Collection
Scat Sweeney and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away onboard a ship bound for Rio, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. They then get mixed up with a potential suicide Lucia, who first thanks them, then unexpectedly turns them over to the ship's captain. When they find out that she has been hypnotized, to go through a marriage of convenience, when the ship reaches Rio, the boys turn up at the ceremony, in order to stop the wedding, and to help catch the crooks.
StarringBing CrosbyBob HopeDorothy Lamour
DirectorNorman Z. McLeod
WritersEdmund BeloinJack Rose

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:December 25th, 1947
On DVD & Blu-ray:November 21st, 2000 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Hope Enterprises, Paramount Pictures, Bing Crosby Productions
Movie Tags:
musicalroad movieshipbuddy comedyrio de janeiroadventure comedy

Road to... Collection

Road to ... refers to a series of seven comedy films starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. They are also often referred to as the "Road Pictures" or the "Road Series." The movies were a combination of adventure, comedy, romance, and music. The minimal plot often took a back seat to gags, many of them supposedly ad-libed by Crosby and Hope during filming.