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Feature film — 1947

Road to Rio (1947)

6.81h 40mComedy — Adventure — 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.

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A high-signal pick with 47 votes.

Hope Enterprises / Paramount Pictures / Bing Crosby Productions

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Director: Norman Z. McLeod

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Cast & crew

Bing Crosby as Scat Sweeney

Bing Crosby

Scat Sweeney

Bob Hope as Hot Lips Barton

Bob Hope

Hot Lips Barton

Dorothy Lamour as Lucia Maria de Andrade

Dorothy Lamour

Lucia Maria de Andrade

Gale Sondergaard as Catherine Vail

Gale Sondergaard

Catherine Vail

Frank Faylen as Trigger

Frank Faylen

Trigger

Joseph Vitale as Tony

Joseph Vitale

Tony

George Meeker as Sherman Mallory

George Meeker

Sherman Mallory

Frank Puglia as Rodrigues

Frank Puglia

Rodrigues

Nestor Paiva as Cardoso

Nestor Paiva

Cardoso

Robert Barrat as Johnson

Robert Barrat

Johnson

Stanley Andrews as Captain Harmon

Stanley Andrews

Captain Harmon

Harry Woods as Ship's Purser

Harry Woods

Ship's Purser

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