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Director:
Norman Panama
Writers:
Melvin Frank (writer)
Norman Panama (writer)
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Release Date:
22 May 1962 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby return as Con-men Chester Babcock and Harry Turner, in the last of their road movies... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A fond farewell more (13 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bing Crosby ... Harry Turner

Bob Hope ... Chester Babcock

Joan Collins ... Diane (3rd Echelon agent)
Robert Morley ... Leader of the 3rd Echelon
Walter Gotell ... Dr. Zorbb (3rd Echelon scientist)
Felix Aylmer ... Grand Lama
Alan Gifford ... American official
Michele Mok ... Mr. Ahso
Katya Douglas ... 3rd Echelon receptionist
Roger Delgado ... Jhinnah
Robert Ayres ... American official
Mei Ling ... Ming Toy
Jacqueline Jones ... Blonde at airport
Yvonne Shima ... Poon Soon

Dorothy Lamour ... Herself
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:91 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #20116) | Australia:G | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:Btl
Filming Locations:
Hong Kong, China more
Company:
Melnor Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Bob Hope's and Bing Crosby's final Road movie. Two years after Crosby's death, Hope announced the possibility (in earnest) of doing "The Road to the Fountain of Youth" with George Burns, but nothing came of it. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: As Harry and Chester are going into the basement of the head spy, Chester's hat is lifted off his head by a very visible wire. more
Quotes:
Chester Babcock: I'll never look at another banana split. more
Movie Connections:
Follows Road to Singapore (1940) more
Soundtrack:
WARMER THAN A WHISPER more

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A fond farewell, 8 October 2009
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Author: horrorfilmx from United States

There are no bad ROAD movies, and I do not except this one from that statement. As someone once said of the Marx Brothers film AT THE CIRCUS (and I paraphrase) in the career of any other comedy team this picture would be considered a classic. It not only holds its own with the rest of the series but I actually prefer it to ROAD TO RIO, which (while still adhering to the Road Rule stated above) always seemed like the weakest of the series to me. It's funny the reasons some other posters have given for not liking the film: It looks like it was made in the Sixties (it was), the stars looks like they're nearing their sixties (they were, and so what?), it's not as funny as the others in the series (in any given horse race one horse will come in last, but he still had to be pretty damn good to get into the race in the first place). And nobody seems to much like Joan Collins. Well, she was gorgeous and a competent enough actress and in a movie like this who cares anyway? It's Bob and Bing's movie and despite what anyone says they prove they've still got the goods and deliver them with ease. I say quit carping and enjoy.

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