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.
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Title: Road to Rio (1947)
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| 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 | |
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The Wiere Brothers | ... | Three Musicians |
| The Andrews Sisters | ... | Andrews Sisters | |
| Jerry Colonna | ... | Colonna | |
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Scat Sweeney, and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away on board a Rio bound ship, 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. Written by mike.wilson6@btinternet.com
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25 December 1947 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Hot Lips Barton: [Knocking the bad guys unconscious with the pattycake routine] That's what they get for not seeing our pictures!See more »
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A chunk of history in this chapter of the Road films; Bob Hope and Bing Crosby traveled around the world (... the back lot of Paramount.) So many greats in here - Jerry Colonna, comedian, musician, and actor, was in many of Bob Hope's projects, as well as so many others. Gale Sondergaard, so evil and serious, also in many Hope films, but my favorite role for her is in the 1940 version of The Letter (bette davis). The multi-talented Andrews Sisters, in their final appearance as sisters in a film, according to wikipedia. they had recorded 47 songs with Bing, which is probably why they are in Road to Rio. The Wiere Brothers were an act that had come over from Deutchland, and stayed, performing when and where they could. This film was kind of in the middle of all the "road" films. the plot is pretty inane, but as usual, they boys run off from their last fiasco of a performance, and meet up with Dorothy Lamour on the way to Brazil. Her aunt has other intentions, so Bing and Bob must run interference and try to save the day! A fun caper with Hope and Crosby. They don't show this one very often, but it IS (was ?) available on DVD. Directed by Norm McLeod, who had worked with ALL the great comedians, including the Marx Brothers. It's a fun one.