Road to Rio
Take a New Year Cruise to Rio with the Screen's Top Laughter Trio!
1947 · 1h 40m · APPROVED
Adventure, Comedy, Music, Romance
Directed by
Norman Z. McLeod
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Road to Rio
Overview
Scat Sweeney and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away onboard a ship bound for Rio, 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.
Director and cast
- Norman Z. McLeod Director
- Bing Crosby as Scat Sweeney
- Bob Hope as Hot Lips Barton
- Dorothy Lamour as Lucia Maria de Andrade
- Gale Sondergaard as Catherine Vail
- Frank Faylen as Trigger
- Joseph Vitale as Tony
- George Meeker as Sherman Mallory
- The Andrews Sisters as Andrews Sisters
- Frank Puglia as Rodrigues
- Nestor Paiva as Cardoso
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