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Road to Rio
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Road to Rio

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

1947 • 100 min • ★ 6.8 (45) • Released
Adventure Comedy Music Romance

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.

Original title
Road to Rio
Language
EN
Country
US
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Keywords 7
adventure comedy black and white buddy comedy musical rio de janeiro road movie ship
Cast 28
Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby

Scat Sweeney

Bob Hope

Bob Hope

Hot Lips Barton

Dorothy Lamour

Dorothy Lamour

Lucia Maria de Andrade

Gale Sondergaard

Gale Sondergaard

Catherine Vail

Frank Faylen

Frank Faylen

Trigger

Joseph Vitale

Joseph Vitale

Tony

George Meeker

George Meeker

Sherman Mallory

Frank Puglia

Frank Puglia

Rodrigues

Nestor Paiva

Nestor Paiva

Cardoso

Robert Barrat

Robert Barrat

Johnson

Stanley Andrews

Stanley Andrews

Captain Harmon

Harry Woods

Harry Woods

Ship's Purser

Herbert Wiere

Herbert Wiere

Musician

Harry Wiere

Harry Wiere

Musician

Sylvester Wiere

Sylvester Wiere

Musician

Laverne Andrews

Laverne Andrews

Laverne Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Patty Andrews

Patty Andrews

Patty Andrews

Jerry Colonna

Jerry Colonna

Jerry Colonna

Zé Carioca

Zé Carioca

Carioca Boy

Laurindo Almeida

Laurindo Almeida

Carioca Boy

Arthur Q. Bryan

Arthur Q. Bryan

Mr. Stanton (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Gino Corrado

Ship's Barber (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

(uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

William H. O'Brien

Ship's Waiter (uncredited)

Frank Ferguson

Frank Ferguson

Texas Posse Member (uncredited)

George Chandler

George Chandler

Ship's Steward (uncredited)

Tor Johnson

Tor Johnson

The Great Samson (uncredited)

Crew 6
Sam Comer

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

Ernest Laszlo

Ernest Laszlo

Director of Photography

Edith Head

Edith Head

Costume Design

Wally Westmore

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

Norman Z. McLeod

Norman Z. McLeod

Director

Jack Rose

Jack Rose

Writer

Gallery 13
Videos 1
US Release Dates 1

Dec 25, 1947

NR Theatrical

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