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Road to Utopia

Road to Utopia

1945Movie⏱️ 1h 30mApproved
AdventureComedyFamilyMusical
7.1
IMDB Rating
3,961 votes

Two vaudeville flops pose as bad guys and join the Klondike gold rush with a saloon singer.

Director
Hal Walker
Writers
Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Stars
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
Release Date
March 22, 1946
Language
English
Country
United States
🏆 3
Wins
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 37
Reviews
📋 3.0K
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🎭 Top Cast

Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
as Duke Johnson
Bob Hope
Bob Hope
as Chester Hooton
Dorothy Lamour
Dorothy Lamour
as Sal Van Hoyden
Hillary Brooke
Hillary Brooke
as Kate
Douglass Dumbrille
Douglass Dumbrille
as Ace Larson
Jack La Rue
Jack La Rue
as LeBec
Robert Barrat
Robert Barrat
as Sperry
Nestor Paiva
Nestor Paiva
as McGurk
Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley
as Narrator
👤
George Anderson
as Townsman

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
June Lake, California, USA
Production
Paramount Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

road moviemapalaskavaudevillemistaken identity

🎯 Categories

FarceAdventureComedyFamilyMusical

⭐ Featured Review

Good show
by gazzo-22000-04-17

"Oh this one is funny...haven't seen it since High school, years and years ago, but I remember it well...the seen where an aged couple-including Hope, talk about their son-and then in comes Bing Crosby(!!)-where Hope sez to the camera-'We adopted him!'...oh what a riot. And then there is the great scene where they are sledding, and the Paramount stars pop up over a mtn in the background...the constant lines about how, even when they're in trouble, 'Paramount won't let anything happen to us because we're under contract for another 4 pictures' or words to t..."

💡 Did You Know?

Bob Hope recalled that during the scene where he and Bing Crosby were bedding down beside their cabin in the Klondike, they were to be joined by a bear. They were told that the bear was tame and its trainer would always be nearby. Against their better judgment they went along with it. However, when the cameras started filming, the bear ambled over to Hope and, instead of lying down next to him like it was supposed to, the animal sniffed him and started growling. Hope and Crosby immediately stopped the scene and refused to work with the bear any longer, despite the trainer's protestations that it was tame and harmless. The next day the bear attacked its trainer and tore his arm off.

📖 Synopsis

Two vaudeville flops pose as bad guys and join the Klondike gold rush with a saloon singer.