ROAD TO RIO

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• Release Year: 1947
• Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Musical
• Plot: To avoid being charged with arson after burning down a circus, Hot Lips Barton (Bob Hope) and Scat Sweeney (Bing Crosby) stow away on an ocean bound ship. Aboard the vessel, the duo fall for Lucia Maria de Andrade (Dorothy Lamour), who is under the spell of her evil aunt (Gale Sondergaard), who has arranged a marriage for the young beauty. This film was in good hands since many of Hope's best collaborators worked on the picture. Director Norman Z. McLeod went on to direct Hope in four more features -- Alias Jesse James, Casanova's Big Night, My Favorite Spy and The Paleface. McLeod had a remarkable career behind the cameras, working with such Hollywood greats as Danny Kaye (The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty), W.C. Fields (It's A Gift) and Cary Grant (Topper). Writer Edmund Beloin supplied the stories for both My Favorite Spy and The Lemon Drop Kid. His collaborator, Jack Rose, penned My Favorite Brunette, The Great Lover, Sorrowful Jones and The Seven Little Foys. This film also features musical guests, The Wiere Brothers and The Andrew Sisters.
• Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Gale Sondergaard, Frank Faylen, Joseph Vitale, George Meeker, Frank Puglia, Nestor Paiva, Robert Barrat, Stanley Andrews, Harry Woods, The Wiere Brothers, The Andrews Sisters, Jerry Colonna, The Stone-Barton Puppeteers, The Carioca Boys, Dorothy Abbott, Rudolph Andrean, Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Patty Andrews, Don Avalier, Lucille Barkley, Rolando Barrera, Stanley Blystone, Al Bridge, Arthur Q. Bryan, Dolores Castle, George Chandler, Martha Clemons, Charles Cooley, Laura Corbay, Gino Corrado, Delmar Costello, Lionel Dante, Hal K. Dawson, Tom Dugan, Ralph Dunn, Rene Dussaq, Jane Everett, Franklyn Farnum, Frank Ferguson, Robbie Franks, Jeanne Gail, Jack Gargan, Norma Gentner, Ralph Gomez, Frank Hagney, Eddie Hall, Bert Hanlon, Sam Harris, Brandon Hurst, Tor Johnson, Lorna Jordon, Donald Kerr, Tommy Ladd, Pat Lane, George Lloyd, Babe London, John Mallon, Charles Middleton, John 'Skins' Miller, Frederic Nay, William Newell, Paul Newlan, Patsy O'Byrne, Stênio Osório, Byron Poindexter, Barbara Pratt, Pepito Pérez, Renee Randall, Marquita Rivera, Julian Rivero, Victor Romito, Raul Roulien, Albert Ruiz, Rudolph Silva, George Sorel, Ray Teal, Rudolph Valentino, Kathyrine Valk, Bonnie Vallarino, Arthur Vallee, Tad Van Brunt, Joe Whitehead, Harry Wiere, Sylvester Wiere, Duke York, Kay Young, Fred Zendar, Norman Z. McLeod, Edmund Beloin, Jack Rose, Barney Dean
• Director: Norman Z. McLeod
• Runtime: 1:40
• Company: Brentwood
• Media Format: Movie