Road to Bali (1952)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Hal Walker

Writers:

Frank Butler (writer)
Hal Kanter (writer)

Release Date:

8 April 1953 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Tagline:

TOGETHER AGAIN!...in the BEST and FUNNIEST "Road" Picture Yet!

Plot:

Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers...

Plot Keywords:

Shipwreck | Tiger | Reference To Errol Flynn | Poison Dart | Regression

Cast

Bing Crosby	...	George Cochran
Bob Hope	...	Harold Gridley
Dorothy Lamour	...	Princess Lala
Murvyn Vye	...	Ken Arok
Peter Coe	...	Gung
Ralph Moody	...	Bhoma Da
Leon Askin	...	King Ramayana

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 (1953) | Finland:K-8 (1965) | Australia:G | Sweden:15 | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Bing Crosby Productions

Trivia:

This was the only "Road" picture of the seven to be photographed in Technicolor. Ten years later, the British-made "Hong Kong" finale would revert to black and white.

Goofs:

Continuity: When George and Harold meet Lala, Harold's coat is held on his right shoulder. But, between shots, Harold appears holding the coat in front of himself.

Quotes:

[One of the film's many cameos]
Princess Lala: Look!
George Cochran: The African Queen! Humphrey Bogart?
Harold Gridley: Boy, is he lost!
George Cochran: Hey! Hey, Bogie!
[All three run toward Bogart]
Harold Gridley: Hey, jungle fever! That's what we got. That was just a mirage!
George Cochran: Oh yeah? What about this?
[Holding up a trophy]
George Cochran: Humphrey Bogart's Academy Award!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Features Aloma of the South Seas (1941)

Soundtrack:

TO SEE YOU

BobBing on the Ocean Waves...

The sixth of the duo's 'Road to…' movies is a typically fast-moving adventure that has virtually no plot, relying instead on the interplay between the two male stars who, it has to be said, formed one of the better comic acts during the forties and fifties. This is the only Road movie in colour, and the screen is saturated with it. It's also saturated with a number of beautiful babes in bikinis who form the subject of both Bing and Bob's lust when they're not focusing on third member of the Road triumvirate, Dorothy Lamour, modeling yet another succession of sarongs. It's all good fun: the jokes come thick and fast and, although the meaning of many of them is a little obscure today, plenty of them hit the mark. The songs, provided by Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen, are also pretty good – especially Moonflowers, sung by Lamour. Look out for a host of cameos, including Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Crosby's brother Bob, Jane Russell and Humphrey Bogart (sort of).