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The Road to Hong Kong

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With their vaudeville act going nowhere, Harry Turner (Bing Crosby) and Chester Babcock (Bob Hope) decide to become con artists -- except Chester is having a few problems with his memory, which doesn't exactly help. Luckily, Turner and Chester find a miracle drug in Tibet that cures Chester. When he memorizes a secret formula for space travel with his improved mind, however, a whole host of other problems crop up, accompanied by an alluring spy, Diane (Joan Collins).

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Eddie Harrison film-authority.com 10/02/2022
2/5
…an oddly subdued romp that’s for pop-culture specialists only… Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 06/29/2005
3/5
Steve Crum Kansas City Kansan 01/02/2005
2/5
Forced gags, and Hope & Crosby creak along in the last Road picture. Go to Full Review
Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette 01/30/2004
3/5
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) 08/21/2002
3/5
Occasionally bright attempt at recapturing the old 'Road' pictures doesn't quite make it Go to Full Review
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03/02/2022 Last of the road movies for Hope and Crosby, Joan Collins does well and Dorothy Lamour has small roll. Best part is Peter Sellars bit as Indian doctor. Interesting that this and the hit movie Doctor No introduced the long running James Bond movies in same year. See more 09/14/2021 This final Hope/Crosby "Road" picture was made a decade after their prior one, and in this one, they interact mostly with then-newer stars, with Dorothy Lamour only appearing toward the end. The movie begins with the vaudevillian song-and-dance number "Teamwork" where the stars prove they can still sing, dance, and interact like they did before. But this story is different from their past ones. It begins conventionally where they run a scam in India, but Hope has an accident and loses his memory, and Crosby ends up taking him to a lamasery to get an herb to cure his partners amnesia. Mistaken for secret agents at an airport, they are given a rocket fuel formula which the cured Hope memorizes-and when the spies discover what happened, Hope and Crosby are taken to the headquarters of "The Third Echelon", and end up being placed into a spaceship and sent into outer space. Quite the road trip. The song-and-dance numbers are fewer but still good, but as indicated above, the story is crazier than their previous ones, including the ending. Still reasonably entertaining otherwise. See more steve d 07/19/2020 Definitely one of the worst in the series. See more 08/04/2018 The final ROAD film in the series is not up-to-par; even though it's fun to see Crosby and Hope together again, the silly plot keeps getting in the way and the film only picks up briefly when Dorothy Lamour appears on the scene. See more 04/20/2015 not the best 'road pic' but still watchable See more 01/03/2014 Last of the Hope/Crosby "Road" pictures. Big and Bob are 10 years older than when they made the last Road picture, so they seem kind of out of place in the sewin' 60s along with Joan Collins. However, if you like Hope and Crosby it's enjoyable enough, even if it's one of the weakest Road films. Also, you get quite a few 1960s pop culture references that are fun if you know then and quite a few cameos by big names like Dorothy Lamour, Zsa Zsa Gabor, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis With their vaudeville act going nowhere, Harry Turner (Bing Crosby) and Chester Babcock (Bob Hope) decide to become con artists -- except Chester is having a few problems with his memory, which doesn't exactly help. Luckily, Turner and Chester find a miracle drug in Tibet that cures Chester. When he memorizes a secret formula for space travel with his improved mind, however, a whole host of other problems crop up, accompanied by an alluring spy, Diane (Joan Collins).
Director
Norman Panama
Producer
Melvin Frank
Screenwriter
Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Distributor
United Artists
Production Co
Melnor Films
Genre
Musical, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 22, 1962, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Dec 3, 2002
Runtime
1h 31m