Road to Rio

Released Dec 25, 1947

1h 40m

Musical

Comedy

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100%

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7 Reviews

77%

Audience Score

2,500+ Ratings

Suave singer Scat Sweeney (Bing Crosby) and his partner, Hot Lips Barton (Bob Hope), stow away on a ship leaving New Orleans for Rio de Janeiro. On board, Scat falls for the beautiful and wealthy Lucia Maria (Dorothy Lamour), whose guardian (Gale Sondergaard) is hypnotizing her into consenting to an arranged marriage to the scoundrel Sherman Mallory (George Meeker). In Rio, the trio pose as a Brazilian song-and-dance act in an attempt to outwit Lucia Maria's predators.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

One of the better entries in the Hope-Crosby franchise.

Rated: 3/4

Nov 3, 2021

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 3/5

Jun 15, 2005

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Jonathan R. Perry

Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

Rated: 3/5

Mar 26, 2005

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Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Rated: 3/5

Aug 22, 2003

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Top-notch 'Road' movie with the trio in fine form.

Rated: 5/5

Feb 12, 2003

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Rated: 3/5

Oct 21, 2002

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StephenPaul C

LOL, the funniest 01 hour: and 40 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/23/23

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Audience Member

Hope and Crosby play two vaudevillians who entertain at a circus, and they are given extra money for Hope to ride a bicycle along a tightrope. Unfortunately Hope falls and accidentally sets the circus on fire, and the vaudevillians flee and stow away on board a ship bound for Brazil. En route, they encounter a suicidal woman being coerced into a marriage she doesn't want, and get involved. The movie does have a sinister story and frightening villains, but it has plenty of fun scenes of singing and dancing and clowning, with appearances by the Andrews sisters and the Weire Brothers. Fun entertainment for all.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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steve d

One of the funniest in the series.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Bing and Bob are in fine form in the fourth "Road" film; Dorothy Lamour is along for the trip, of course, and Crosby sings two good songs: "But Beautiful" and "You Don't Have to Know the Language"(with the Andrews Sisters).

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

good 'road' adventure but not my fave of the road pix

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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kevin w

Hope, Crosby and Lamour take their act to Brazil, one liners and in jokes littered behind them like a ticker tape parade. The best part of the Road series: the forays through the fourth wall, the way the films embraced the reality that nothing in the film was real but that we are watching it and that they are doing it. In this one look for The Andrew Sisters and Jerry Cologna in highlighted cameos. All in all, more of the usual fun.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Norman Z. McLeod

Director

Bing Crosby

Scat Sweeney

Bob Hope

Hot Lips Barton

Dorothy Lamour

Lucia Maria de Andrade

Gale Sondergaard

Catherine Vail

Frank Faylen

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Synopsis

Suave singer Scat Sweeney (Bing Crosby) and his partner, Hot Lips Barton (Bob Hope), stow away on a ship leaving New Orleans for Rio de Janeiro. On board, Scat falls for the beautiful and wealthy Lucia Maria (Dorothy Lamour), whose guardian (Gale Sondergaard) is hypnotizing her into consenting to an arranged marriage to the scoundrel Sherman Mallory (George Meeker). In Rio, the trio pose as a Brazilian song-and-dance act in an attempt to outwit Lucia Maria's predators.

Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Distributor: Brentwood Home Video, Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Hope Enterprises, Bing Crosby Productions
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 1947, Wide
Release Date (DVD): May 14, 2013
Runtime: 1h 40m