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Overview

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Director:
Hal Walker
Writers:
Frank Butler (writer)
Hal Kanter (writer)
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Release Date:
8 April 1953 (France) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical more
Tagline:
TOGETHER AGAIN!...in the BEST and FUNNIEST "Road" Picture Yet!
Plot:
Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers... more | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
Hope To Be Honoured With New Stamp
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User Comments:
This was the first Bob Hope movie I ever saw on TV, when I was a kid. more (30 total)

Cast

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Bing Crosby ... George Cochran

Bob Hope ... Harold Gridley

Dorothy Lamour ... Princess Lala
Murvyn Vye ... Ken Arok
Peter Coe ... Gung
Ralph Moody ... Bhoma Da

Leon Askin ... King Ramayana
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Ansara ... Guard (uncredited)
Besmark Auelua ... Lesser priest (uncredited)
Robert Cabal ... Native (uncredited)
Herman Cantor ... Priest (uncredited)
Sue Casey ... Handmaiden (uncredited)
Larry Chance ... Attendant (uncredited)
Leslie Charles ... Handmaiden (uncredited)
Jack Claus ... Specialty dancer (uncredited)
Jean Corbett ... Handmaiden (uncredited)
Harry Cording ... Verna's father (uncredited)
Bob Crosby ... Himself, Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Patricia Dane ... Handmaiden (uncredited)
Devi Dja ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Shela Fritz ... Chief's wife (uncredited)
Roy Gordon ... Eunice's father (uncredited)

Bernie Gozier ... Bo Kassar (uncredited)
Jerry Groves ... Lesser priest (uncredited)
My Lee Haulani ... Beautiful girl in basket (uncredited)

Carolyn Jones ... Eunice (uncredited)
Mary Kanae ... Old crone (uncredited)
Jan Kayne ... Verna (uncredited)
Richard Keene ... Conductor (uncredited)

Al Kikume ... Warrior (uncredited)
Kukhie Kuhns ... Fat woman in basket (uncredited)
Donald Lawton ... Employment agent (uncredited)
Raymond Lee ... Boy (uncredited)
Bunny Lewbel ... Lala age seven (uncredited)

Jerry Lewis ... Woman in Lala's dream (uncredited)

Sylvia Lewis ... Temple dancer (uncredited)
Judith London ... Handmaiden (uncredited)
Luukia Luana ... Boy (uncredited)

Dean Martin ... Man in Lala's dream (uncredited)
Charles Mauu ... Warrior (uncredited)
Patti McKay ... Handmaiden (uncredited)
Allan Nixon ... Eunice's brother (uncredited)
Betty Onge ... Handmaiden (uncredited)
Satini Pualoa ... Warrior (uncredited)
Ethel K. Reiman ... Chief's wife (uncredited)

Jane Russell ... Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Irene K. Silva ... Chief's wife (uncredited)
Bhogwan Singh ... Lesser priest (uncredited)
Chanan Singh Sohi ... Lesser priest (uncredited)
Kuka Tuima ... Warrior (uncredited)
Douglas Yorke ... Verna's brother (uncredited)
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Directed by
Hal Walker 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Frank Butler  writer
Hal Kanter  writer
William Morrow  writer
Harry Tugend  story

Produced by
Daniel Dare .... producer
Harry Tugend .... producer
 
Original Music by
Joseph J. Lilley (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
George Barnes 
 
Film Editing by
Archie Marshek 
 
Art Direction by
J. McMillan Johnson 
Hal Pereira 
 
Set Decoration by
Sam Comer 
Ross Dowd 
 
Costume Design by
Edith Head 
 
Makeup Department
Wally Westmore .... makeup artist
 
Art Department
Dorothea Holt .... illustrator
 
Sound Department
John Cope .... sound
Gene Merritt .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Cliff Shirpser .... assistant camera: Technicolor
Loyal Griggs .... camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Van Cleave .... special musical arrangements
Gerard Carbonara .... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Gus Levene .... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Leo Shuken .... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Van Cleave .... composer: additional music (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Charles O'Curran .... choreographer
 

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Additional Details

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Runtime:
91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 (1953) | Finland:K-8 (1965) | Australia:G | Sweden:15 | UK:U
Filming Locations:
Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
Bing Crosby Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Although it was originally released by Paramount, it was never copyrighted which is why this title is now in the public domain. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the opening song and dance number, Hope goes offstage to the left ("stage left"), talks with some people and goes back on stage from the left. But his behind stage shot is clearly on the "stage right" side. more
Quotes:
[George and Princess Lala pull Harold down]
Harold Gridley: This is the sloppiest hanging I ever attended!
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Movie Connections:
References Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) more
Soundtrack:
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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
This was the first Bob Hope movie I ever saw on TV, when I was a kid., 28 July 2003
Author: Carycomic from Torrington, CT, USA

And, it was the only one of the "Road to..." movies that he and Bing Crosby ever did in Technicolor. The ad-libbed asides to the audience were something I had never seen or heard of before! Even more of a delightful surprise was the cameo appearance by General Burkhalter as a South Sea island chief!! The songs weren't bad, either. * "The Merry-Go-Run-Around" is probably my second-favorite song of Bob's. "Silver Bells" and "Thanks for the Memories" naturally tie for first-place.* With Bob having died this past Sunday, nostalgia channels like AMC and TCM will no doubt include this, and all his other films, in some kind of marathon movie memorial. *Which they really should have done BACK ON HIS CENTENNIAL!* Oh, well. Thanks to you, Bob, for all my merry, mirth-filled memories.

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