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Road to Rio
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It is catalogued under topics including 1940s adventure comedy films, 1940s buddy comedy films and 1947 American films.
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6.8Scat 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.
Cast
- 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
Themes
- ship
- rio de janeiro
- musical
- black and white
- road movie
- buddy comedy
- adventure comedy
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
3,677 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
66/100
- Year
- 1947
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy, Musical
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- Road to …
- Genre
- buddy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- Road to …
- Director
- Jack Rose
- Screenwriter
- Jack Rose
- Cast member
- Harry Woods
- Composer
- Robert E. Dolan
- Producer
- Jack Rose
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Ernest Laszlo
- Narrative location
- Rio de Janeiro
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 286184
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1947-01-01
- title
- Road to Rio
- film editor
- Ellsworth Hoagland
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
- costume designer
- Edith Head
- production designer
- Hans Dreier
- review score
- 100%
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