Road to Rio poster

Road to Rio( 1947)

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Take a New Year Cruise to Rio with the Screen's Top Laughter Trio!

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Bing Crosby

      Scat Sweeney

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      Bob Hope

      Hot Lips Barton

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      Dorothy Lamour

      Lucia Maria de Andrade

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      Gale Sondergaard

      Catherine Vail

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      Frank Faylen

      Trigger

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      Joseph Vitale

      Tony

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      George Meeker

      Sherman Mallory

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      Frank Puglia

      Rodrigues

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      Nestor Paiva

      Cardoso

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      Robert Barrat

      Johnson

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      Stanley Andrews

      Capt. Harmon

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      Harry Woods

      Ship's Purser

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      Laverne Andrews

      Laverne Andrews

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      Maxene Andrews

      Maxene Andrews

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      Patty Andrews

      Patty Andrews

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      Rolando Barrera

      Bellhop

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      Arthur Q. Bryan

      Mr. Stanton

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      Gino Corrado

      Ship's Barber

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      Franklyn Farnum

      Ship Lounge Extra

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      Sam Harris

      Ship Lounge Extra

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      William H. O'Brien

      Ship's Waiter

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      Frank Ferguson

      Texas Posse Member

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      George Chandler

      Ship's Steward

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Tue Feb 04 2020
    Hot Lips, Scat and the hypnotic shenanigan. Road to Rio is directed by Norman McLeod and written by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose. It stars Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Gale Sondergaard and Frank Faylen. Music is by Robert Emmett and cinematography by Ernest Laszlo. Hope and Crosby star as two vaudevillians, who after setting a circus on fire, stow away on a liner bound for Brazil. Once there they encounter a distressed woman (Lamour) who is being coerced into an unwanted marriage by her scheming guardian. The fifth in the hugely popular "Road To" series of films, Rio follows...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • rio de janeiro
    • musical
    • road movie