Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Uriah43 After accidentally setting a circus on fire in Louisiana, two Vaudville performers named "Scat Sweeney" (Bing Crosby) and "Hot Lips Barton" (Bob Hope) secretly board a passenger liner headed for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. That night Scat meets a young woman in distress by the name of "Lucia Maria de Andrade" (Dorothy Lamour) and while attempting to console her divulges that he and Hot Lips Barton are stowaways. To his chagrin Lucia informs the captain of the ship which further compounds their misfortune. Fortunately, they manage to sneak off the ship and just happen to meet Lucia again who continues to display a split personality. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that I thought this was a delightful comedy which, in my opinion, was clearly one of the better "Road Movies" produced. I especially liked the chemistry between the three aforementioned actors and the addition of both the Andrews Sisters and the Wiere Brothers along with Jerry Colonna who appeared at the very end. In short, those who have enjoyed the previous "Road Movies" should appreciate this one as well. Above average

bigverybadtom Hope and Crosby play two vaudevillians who entertain at a circus, and they are given extra money for Hope to ride a bicycle along a tightrope. Unfortunately Hope falls and accidentally sets the circus on fire, and the vaudevillians flee and stow away on board a ship bound for Brazil. En route, they encounter a suicidal woman being coerced into a marriage she doesn't want, and get involved.The movie does have a sinister story and frightening villains, but it has plenty of fun scenes of singing and dancing and clowning, with appearances by the Andrews sisters and the Weire Brothers. Fun entertainment for all.

classicsoncall I just picked up the neatest 'Legends of Hollywood' DVD set featuring a cool catalog of pictures from the legendary Bob Hope. It's got two 'Road' pictures (Rio and Bali), and a nice assortment of additional films spanning Hope's career. Watching one, it's hard not to watch another immediately after, especially when he teams with iconic sidekick Bing Crosby, or in this case, with Dorothy Lamour along for the ride with both stars. I got a kick out of the name of Hope's character, 'Hot Lips' Barton, while the Bingster goes by Scat Sweeney. They're both on the run from a posse of jilted females left behind by Crosby's character, who tries to throw their angry fathers off the trail by dropping names like Bogart and Autry. I feel bad for younger viewers watching the film today who might not be able to make the connection, but for movie goers of the era, it had to be a blast to be 'in' on the joke.The film offers a neat bit with a comedy trio I'd never seen before - they're the Wiere Brothers, although Weird might have been more appropriate. In the picture, they don't speak English, so Scat teaches them each a single line that he hopes will get them by. It's done pretty effectively, and even though you can see the payoff coming from a mile away, it's still a lot of fun. Too bad they didn't show up in a few more Road shows.As usual, Dorothy Lamour turns up as a character unknown to the boys when the film begins; here she's an heiress who's villainous 'aunt', played by Gale Sondergaard, attempts to steal her fortune via an arranged marriage. Aunt Catherine employs a couple of toughs to bodyguard Lucia (Lamour); Frank Faylen and Joseph Vitale both get to mix it up with the boys along the way, usually getting the short end of the stick.Best line of the picture - "Well if she looks like Lamour, she can sing like Lamour, can't she?" Sing she can, in a tuneful little single titled "Experience". What I couldn't figure out though, was why nobody on board the SS Queen of Brazil complained when Crosby and Lamour sat right in front of the shipboard movie!

writers_reign Four of the seven 'Road' movies, just over half the franchise, were made in the 1940s and this one, released in 1947, was the last of them. All seven are available on DVD in a handsome slipcase resembling one of those Louis Vuitton steamer trunks that you took with you on a world cruise if you were well-heeled and named Somerset Maugham or Noel Coward. One outlet was offering this set at a silly price and I snapped it up primarily for the songs, there are well over 20 in the seven titles of which a surprising number are very high quality or, dare I say it, high Standards. This one yields the standout ballad But Beautiful, the catchy You Don't Have To Know The Language, Appalachacola, Fla whilst Lamour gets one of the one-word title songs that were something of a trademark (in all she sang four; Constantly, Personality, Moonflowers and this one, Experience). Nobody went to these movies looking for a great plot and were quite happy to to find a pair of performers one jump ahead of the posse and watch Crosby set Hope up for another life-threatening stunt before meeting up with Lamour and the resident heavies. This time around it's Gale Sondergaard who's out to swindle Lamour and marry her off profitably. Frank Faylen, Nestor Paiva, the Andrews Sisters and the Wiere Brothers make up the numbers for one of the top three in the franchise.