Road to Rio (1947)
Road to Rio (1947)
Take a New Year Cruise to Rio with the Screen's Top Laughter Trio!
Scat Sweeney, and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away on board a Rio bound ship, 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.

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Cast

Bing Crosby Bing Crosby As: Scat Sweeney
Bob Hope Bob Hope As: Hot Lips Barton
Dorothy Lamour Dorothy Lamour As: Lucia Maria de Andrade
Gale Sondergaard Gale Sondergaard As: Catherine Vail
Frank Faylen Frank Faylen As: Trigger
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Storyline

Scat Sweeney, and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away on board a Rio bound ship, 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.


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

Details

Genres: Comedy

Language: English

Release Date: 25 December 1947

Country: US

Runtime: 100m

Film Collections

Company Credits

Company: Hope Enterprises, Paramount Pictures, Bing Crosby Productions

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Cast

Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby

Scat Sweeney

Bob Hope

Bob Hope

Hot Lips Barton

Dorothy Lamour

Dorothy Lamour

Lucia Maria de Andrade

Gale Sondergaard

Gale Sondergaard

Catherine Vail

Frank Faylen

Frank Faylen

Trigger

Joseph Vitale

Joseph Vitale

Tony

George Meeker

George Meeker

Sherman Mallory

Frank Puglia

Frank Puglia

Rodrigues

Nestor Paiva

Nestor Paiva

Cardoso

Robert Barrat

Robert Barrat

Johnson

Stanley Andrews

Stanley Andrews

Capt. Harmon

Harry Woods

Harry Woods

Ship's Purser

Laverne Andrews

Laverne Andrews

Laverne Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Patty Andrews

Patty Andrews

Patty Andrews

Rolando Barrera

Rolando Barrera

Bellhop

Arthur Q. Bryan

Arthur Q. Bryan

Mr. Stanton

Gino Corrado

Gino Corrado

Ship's Barber

Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

Ship Lounge Extra

Sam Harris

Sam Harris

Ship Lounge Extra

William H. O'Brien

William H. O'Brien

Ship's Waiter

Frank Ferguson

Frank Ferguson

Texas Posse Member

George Chandler

George Chandler

Ship's Steward

Directed By

Norman Z. McLeod

Norman Z. McLeod

Director

Oscar Rudolph

Oscar Rudolph

Assistant Director

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Daniel Dare

Daniel Dare

Producer

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Edith Head

Edith Head

Costume Design

Wally Westmore

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

Sound

Robert Emmett Dolan

Robert Emmett Dolan

Original Music Composer

Harold Lewis

Harold Lewis

Sound Recordist

Walter Oberst

Walter Oberst

Sound Recordist

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Ernest Laszlo

Ernest Laszlo

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Hans Dreier

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

A. Earl Hedrick

A. Earl Hedrick

Art Direction

Sam Comer

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

Ray Moyer

Ray Moyer

Set Decoration

Other Crew

Gordon Jennings

Gordon Jennings

Special Effects

Paul K. Lerpae

Paul K. Lerpae

Special Effects

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