Amazon.com: I feel sorry for people who can't appreciate Hope and Crosby "road" pictures. This is the fourth in the series, and has the boys masquerading as the killers Sperry and McGurk, from whom they've stolen the map to a gold mine, but which really belongs to Dorothy Lamour, but which... and you know it really doesn't matter anyway. The point is they've got this thin plot on which to hang a series of hit-and-miss jokes, coming fast enough to make it just all right and a certain amount of time to see who gets Dorothy Lamour, while maintaining their fierce and friendly and wisecracking rivalry. They're in the Klondike this time around, which doesn't stop the film from working in a glimpse of Dorothy in her sarong. Along the way, animals talk, including the humorist Robert Benchley, whose thoroughly dispensable introduction and running commentary I wouldn't dispense with for anything. This is arguably the goofiest of the road pictures. My favorite joke is when Bob is bested in fishing with Bing. Bob remarks, "My worm must have B.O." Bing comes back with "Couldn't B.U." You may not care where you're going, just as long as you're with them. Put it there, pal, put it there. --Jim Gay
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Rating: - UTOPIA
EXCELLENT MOVIE AND GREAT SONGS
PROBABLY THE BEST OF THE ROAD SHOWS.
JASCONS
Rating: - Put It There Pal. . .
Bing, Bob, and Dottie in a another fun-filled romp, this time through the frozen landscape of Alaska in the early 1900's. Some great gags with plenty of laughs along with some quite lovely tunes. . ."Welcome ... Read More
Rating: - Unmitigated lunacy
Loosen every stressed out cell in your body. As the amazon product description says, one can but feel sorry for people who can't appreciate this kind of comedy. However, I suspect these people probably (justifiably?) ... Read More
Rating: - A lot of fun ... in this road picture
This road picture is my co-favorite with Zanzibar. I just think that there are more funny lines per minute in these two than any of the others.
I read where they (Paramount) held off on releasing this picture ... Read More
Rating: - Surrealism, songs, slapstick- a fantastically funny flick!
Classic 1946 comedy "Road to Utopia", the 4th in the "Road" series, starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. After their Morocco jaunt in 1942, Crosby, Hope and Lamour spent four years making their separate successes, ... Read More
- UTOPIA
- Put It There Pal. . .