Road to Utopia (1946)

Director:

Hal Walker

Writers:

Norman Panama (original screenplay) &
Melvin Frank (original screenplay)

Release Date:

22 March 1946 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Comedy

Plot:

At the turn of the century, Duke and Chester, two vaudeville performers, go to Alaska to make their fortune...

Plot Keywords:

Map | Ship | Alaska | Vaudeville | Chase

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Bing Crosby	...	Duke Johnson / Junior Hooton
Bob Hope	...	Chester Hooton
Dorothy Lamour	...	Sal Van Hoyden
Hillary Brooke	...	Kate
Douglass Dumbrille	...	Ace Larson
Jack La Rue	...	LeBec (as Jack LaRue)
Robert Barrat	...	Sperry
Nestor Paiva	...	McGurk
Robert Benchley	...	Narrator

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #9933) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Finland:S | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

June Lake, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The fourth of the seven Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour "Road" films.

Quotes:

Chester Hooton: Yeah? Well, I ain't afraid to die. I just hate being killed, that's all.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America: Would Ya Hit a Guy with Glasses?: Nerds, Jerks & Oddballs (#1.1)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Sunday, Monday or Always

AN INTERESTING MUSICAL COMEDY

Road to Utopia is a very correct film, not a workmaster but a very interesting and funny film. It's the fifth Crosby film that I have seen and the first Road/Paramount/Crosby film that I have seen. The songs "Personality" and "Would you" by Dorothy Lamour were very good and Bing Crosby was a magician very strange but sensational!!. A fish talks, two bears talk... A mountain in Alaska is the mountain of the Paramount...

A film very incredible.....with a lot of surprises....