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Director:
Norman Z. McLeod
Writers:
Edmund Beloin (original story and screenplay) and
Jack Rose (original story and screenplay)
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Release Date:
25 December 1947 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Comedy | Musical | Romance more
Tagline:
Si, Si ! It's the maddest, merriest "Road" picture of all! You'll See! more
Plot:
Two inept vaudevillians stow away on a Brazilian-bound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
Bob and Bing and Dottie: Part V more (11 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bing Crosby ... Scat Sweeney

Bob Hope ... Hot Lips Barton

Dorothy Lamour ... Lucia Maria de Andrade
Gale Sondergaard ... Catherine Vail

Frank Faylen ... Trigger
Joseph Vitale ... Tony
George Meeker ... Sherman Mallory
Frank Puglia ... Rodrigues
Nestor Paiva ... Cardoso
Robert Barrat ... Johnson
Stanley Andrews ... Capt. Harmon
Harry Woods ... Ship's Purser
The Wiere Brothers ... Three Musicians
The Andrews Sisters ... Themselves
Jerry Colonna ... Himself
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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
UK:U | West Germany:12 | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #12478)
Company:
Bing Crosby Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The fifth of the seven Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour "Road" films. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Hot Lips and Scat disguise themselves as the barber and shoeshine boy, Hot Lips begins to put shaving cream on the guy in the chair, including his mustache, but the close-up shows no shaving cream on his mustache. more
Quotes:
Lucia Maria de Andrade: I don't know what came over me! I found myself saying things, and I didn't know why I was saying them.
Hot Lips Barton: Look, why don't you just run for Congress and leave us alone?
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Movie Connections:
References Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) more
Soundtrack:
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Bob and Bing and Dottie: Part V, 30 September 2005
Author: JoeytheBrit from www.moviemoviesite.com

The fifth in the Hope-Crosby-Lamour Road To series isn't the best of the bunch but it probably comes in a close second or third. The routine was well-established by the time they made this one. Hope and Crosby compete with each other for the attentions of Dorothy Lamour, the potential victim of an arranged marriage, whom they meet while stowing away on an ocean liner en-route to Rio.

As usual, Hope volunteers Crosby for crazy stunts and pockets the payment received for such devilishness, while Crosby hones his self-serving coward routine when he offers to help the suicidal Lamour throw herself overboard rather than be discovered as a stowaway. Of course Lamour survives to play the boys off against one another. Although the dynamics may be familiar, the comedy is still surprisingly fresh. Crosby and Hope were one of the few comedy duos from Hollywood's golden age who relied more on verbal quips and cleverness than slapstick and props to get their laughs – although the scene in which they are the unwitting targets of a hit-man's rifle proves the exception to the rule. Gale Sondergaard appears in this one as Lamour's wicked 'aunt' and it's the kind of role her vaguely oriental looks were made for.

Rio is also enhanced by the appearance of the Wiere Brothers as a trio of Brazilian musicians recruited by Crosby to play the parts of musicians in his non-existent band. Armed with only three English expressions – 'You're telling me," "You're in the groove, Jackson," and "This is murder," – to fool the owner of the club in which they are playing into believing they are American, the trio embark on a clever routine that leaves Hope and Crosby standing on the sidelines.

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