ROAD TO RIO [BLU-RAY] [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1947
• Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Musical, Romance
• Plot: In this fifth of seven Road to movies, Hot Lips Barton (Bob Hope, Son of Paleface) and Scat Sweeney (Bing Crosby, Road to Bali) stow away on an ocean bound ship to avoid being charged with arson after burning down a circus. Aboard the vessel, the duo fall for the beautiful Lucia Maria de Andrade (Dorothy Lamour, My Favorite Brunette). Lucia is under the spell of her evil aunt (Gale Sondergaard, The Life of Emile Zola), who has arranged a marriage for the young beauty to take over her inheritance. Just like its predecessors, Road to Rio is full of hilarious Hope and Crosby gags and wonderful musical sequences, featuring musical guests The Wiere Brothers and The Andrew Sisters. Beautifully shot by Oscar-winner Ernest Laszlo (Judgment at Nuremberg) with wonderful direction by Norman Z. McLeod (Topper) who went on to direct Hope in four more features and a screenplay by Edmund Beloin (The Lemon Drop Kid) and Jack Rose (Papa's Delicate Condition).
• 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, Noble 'Kid' Chissell, 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: Paramount Pictures, Kino Lorber
• Media Format: Movie