...And now they've got a spider woman as their foe, none other than Gale Sobdergaard, delightfully playing an amalgamation of all her dark ladies. She's the surrogate aunt of wealthy Dorothy Lamour, utilizing a rare Indian gem to manipulate Lamour to get her hands on Lamour's fortune. While this plot could happen anywhere, Rio does add atmosphere to the plot, complete with inside jokes and a few guest stars, including the Andrew Sisters duetting with Bing. However, the musical highlight is the sing "Experience" which has a hysterical sight gag. There were two more "Road" movies ahead, but thus was the last classic in the series.
Road to Rio
1947
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Musical / Romance
Road to Rio
1947
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Musical / Romance
Plot summary
Scat Sweeney, and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away on board a Rio bound ship, 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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They've got experience!
I wish I could really use hypnosis to do things like you see in this movie!
Scat (Bing Crosby) and Hot Lips (Bob Hope) are struggling musicians and singers. They decide to stow away on a boat to Brazil and end up meeting Lucia (Dorothy Lamour). She and Scat fall in love....but Lucia begins doing some odd things as a result of being hypnotized by some evil folks. She turns the two in to the Captain....telling him that Scat and Hop Lips are stowaways! Eventually, however, she manages to patch things up and they accompany her when she leaves the boat. But some baddies are following them and keep making attempts on their lives. What gives?! Why are they using mind control on Lucia and why do they want her two new friends dead?!
I would place this Hope-Crosby Road film among the lower echelon of their movies. It's not as enjoyable as their earlier movies and, at times, the film seems a tad tedious. It is, however, still entertaining if not especially inspired or exciting to watch.
Also, sadly, I am trained in hypnotism and, it simply cannot be used for mind control....what a shame!
fun chapter in the "Road" series.
A chunk of history in this chapter of the Road films; Bob Hope and Bing Crosby traveled around the world (... the back lot of Paramount.) So many greats in here - Jerry Colonna, comedian, musician, and actor, was in many of Bob Hope's projects, as well as so many others. Gale Sondergaard, so evil and serious, also in many Hope films, but my favorite role for her is in the 1940 version of The Letter (bette davis). The multi-talented Andrews Sisters, in their final appearance as sisters in a film, according to wikipedia. they had recorded 47 songs with Bing, which is probably why they are in Road to Rio. The Wiere Brothers were an act that had come over from Deutchland, and stayed, performing when and where they could. This film was kind of in the middle of all the "road" films. the plot is pretty inane, but as usual, they boys run off from their last fiasco of a performance, and meet up with Dorothy Lamour on the way to Brazil. Her aunt has evil intentions, so Bing and Bob must run interference and save the day! A fun caper with Hope and Crosby. They don't show this one very often, but it IS (was ?) available on DVD. Directed by Norm McLeod, who had worked with ALL the great comedians, including the Marx Brothers.