Road to Rio (1947)

12/25/1947 (US) • 1h 40m

Comedy, Adventure, Music, Romance

Take a New Year Cruise to Rio with the Screen's Top Laughter Trio!

Overview

Scat 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.

Top Billed Cast

Bing Crosby

Scat Sweeney

Bob Hope

Hot Lips Barton

Dorothy Lamour

Lucia Maria de Andrade

Gale Sondergaard

Catherine Vail

George Meeker

Sherman Mallory

Frank Puglia

Rodrigues


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Part of the Road to... Collection

Includes Road to Zanzibar, Road to Utopia, Road to Morocco

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

ship

rio de janeiro

musical

road movie

buddy comedy

adventure comedy

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