Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour

The only color road picture Bob Hope and Bing Crosby ever made, the inimitable comedy duo set out to rescue a native princess, the lovely Dorothy Lamour, from a plethora of jungle dangers. Guest appea...( read more  read more... )rances by Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, and Jane Russell.

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66% liked it

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60% liked it

5 critics

Unrated, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: Hal Walker

Release Date: January 1, 1953

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DVD Release Date: May 9, 2006

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  • June 17, 2007
    i have loved this movie since i was a little kid and i watched it with my aunt. it made me laugh. everyone in it was amazing. i just love it.
  • November 24, 2009
    A light-hearted comedy and one of the better "Road To" movies featuring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope delivering one-liners and Hollywood inside jokes. The movie kicks off in classic slapstick fashion with Hope and Crosby bailing from the big city to remote South America, to find them...( read more)selves at the peril of wicked native cults. So far, so good. Crosby and Hope's timing is perfect and you can tell how much of their dialogue is ad-libbed. Yet, despite being inspired by classic comic duos such as Laurel & Hardy or Martin & Lewis, they never reach the same quality. They comic genius of Laurel is nowhere to be found and the music numbers never reach the quality of Dino's. Still, the movie's humour is refreshingly surreal, constantly breaking the fourth wall and you cannot help laughing when Bob Hope proclaims: "He is going to sing now folks, time to get some popcorn". Hope and Crosby joke about the Oscars, other actors, other movies, their off-screen persona, the movie itself ("Is the Picture over ?"). The movie has a tendency to be very campy at times. Have you ever imagined Dorothy Lamour peddling in a lagoon within native ruins, singing and wearing nutin' for the butim' ? Well, here is your chance to see it.

    I highly recommend this movie if you are into classic Hollywood, the movie feels like taking a trip with some friends down the Hollywood Blvd.

    Watch it here:
    http://www.classiccinemaonline.com/1/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=200:road-to-bali-1952&catid=92:comedy&Itemid=290

    Henrik
  • November 24, 2009
    Hmm, not my type but 60% critics liked it is interesting... and Jerry Lewis. Got me curious.
  • September 11, 2009
    Some funny moments between Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. But for the most part the crappy sets and the song and dance numbers ruin the momentum. Not for me.
  • July 18, 2008
    i love thes movie its so funny
  • May 12, 2008
    This is a funny road to movie
  • January 5, 2008
    apart from it being a bit silly i thought it was fun and very random so if u don't take it too seriously u are sure to get some laughs:)
  • December 30, 2007
    Bob and Bing...having fun

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