Road to morocco saunters onto bluray courtesy of kino lorber and their studio classics label. Paramount pictures released road to morocco to theaters on april 8, 1942. All seven films are excellent, but the first four are funniest, especially road to morocco 3 and road to utopia 4. After surviving a shipwreck, jeff and orville become guests of princess shalmar, who provides a romantic focal point for their wisecracks and. Generally regarded as the best of the road pictures, road to morocco is as fresh and funny today as it was back in 1942. The previous road movie was road to zanzibar 1941, which takes place in east africa. As their third film, they were a wellestablished performing trio giving a hell of a show. All four movies were crammed onto a single doublesided dvd, which is asking. Road to morocco trailer directed by david butler and starring bing crosby, bob hope, bob hope.
Road to morocco is a 1942 american comedy film starring bing crosby, bob hope and dorothy lamour, and featuring anthony quinn and dona drake. Having accidentally caused a merchant ship to blow up, stowaways bob hope and bing crosby are. The second film in the series of seven hope and crosby road comedies. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Purchase road to morocco on digital and stream instantly or download offline. In casablanca, ali, hmida, mbarek and messoud are four unemployed youths who spend their time dreaming of a better life in the netherlands. Searching for his partner after an attack of conscience, jeff. The story is about two fasttalking guys castaway on a. Like websters dictionary, bob hope, bing crosby and dorothy lamour are morocco bound in the third rollicking entry in their popular series of road comedies. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Road to morocco begins with the explosion of a freighter out at sea. Watch road to morocco full movie in hd visit two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an arabian nights city, wh.
Since it was a duet in the movie, the duet version of road to morocco became the only one after that. Yes, the plot is paper thin, but the comedy and selfdeprecating humor is there. With bing crosby, bob hope, dorothy lamour, anthony quinn. The picture on all seven blurays is sharper than the old dvds, but a dramatic improvement only in the case of road to bali 6, the only color film in the series. News spreads across the world over its destruction. You come to a picture like road to morocco to watch bing, bob, and dorothy do what they do best. The road to morocco is another step in a journey along the path of a film series that would turn out to be one of the most successful and remembered in history.
All four movies were crammed onto a single doublesided dvd, which is asking for trouble. Jul 20, 2019 paramount pictures released road to morocco to theaters on april 8, 1942. As the suez canal in 1942 was being fought over by the british and axis powers, the boat that jack and fearless jeff and orville take in this movie apparently circumnavigated africa to. Lighthearted and nonsensical, sophisticated but not overplotted, road to morocco represents the point at which the road movie formula had hit its stride but hadnt yet descended into selfparody. Road to morocco 1942 movie clip two unidentified stowaways. The road to morocco is the best of crosbyhope road movies, in my humble opinion. Quite possibly the best of the road to movies, its entertaining and worth a spot in your collection if you are a bob and bing fan.
Survivors of a mediterranean shipwreck, stowaways jeff crosby and orville hope paddle to a north african shore and hitch a camel ride across the desert to morocco. The third of the wellknown road movies starring bing crosby, bob hope, and dorothy lamour is perhaps the best. A roadtrip traveling across morocco with friends sep 2016. Its one of his rarest items now, so if you have it. I never considered road to morocco the best movie in the series, but this viewing certainly proved me wrong. Explosion at sea and a brief newscast montage surveying 1942 global politics. On the road with bob hope and bing crosby collection road to singapore road to zanzibar road to morocco road to utopia photo 3. Like websters dictionary, bob hope, bing crosby and dorothy lamour are. Bings solo version of road to morocco disappeared into the decca vaults, never to be heard again. Considered by many to be the best of the road pictures. One day, hmida falls on a specialist of illegal immigration, ouchen.
Released november 11th, 1942, road to morocco stars bing crosby, bob hope, dorothy lamour, anthony quinn the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 23 min, and received a. The third entry in the franchise, road to morocco, may be the greatest of all the road films as its elements of music and slapstick are held in near perfect alignment. In order to buy food, jeff sells orville into slavery but orville. An archetypal comedy from hollywoods golden age, road to morocco offering a perfect platform for the talents of bing crosby and bob hope on top comedic form. See the full list of road to morocco cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. In order to buy food, jeff sells orville into slavery. From frame one, the movie is a gas all the way to the end with nearconstant laughter and some very clever gags to keep something familiar feeling fresh and hilarious. For more full movies see two outofwork musicians, travel all over the united states trying to find work and stay. Starving vagabond jeff bing crosby sells best friend orville bob hope into slavery in a moroccan marketplace to buy food. Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an arabian nights city, where they compete for the luscious princess shalmar.
Much of the comedy is slapstick, but this is a movie thats not afraid to say its just a movie, dont take it seriously. Road to morocco 1942 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Bob and bing are off on the road to morocco, an event they celebrate in song. Lighthearted and nonsensical, sophisticated but not overplotted, road to morocco represents the point at which the roadmovie formula had hit its stride but hadnt yet descended into selfparody. Road to morocco, american screwball comedy film, released in 1942, that was the third and most acclaimed of the road movies featuring bob hope, bing crosby, and dorothy lamour. The comedy is brilliantly finessed, the plot streamlined to nearperfection 82 minutes is an ideal runtime for something like this, and crosbyhopelamour continue to spark off each other wonderfully. Lighthearted and nonsensical, sophisticated but not overplotted, road to morocco represents the point at which the roadmovie formula had hit its stride but hadnt yet descended into self. Released november 11th, 1942, road to morocco stars bing crosby, bob hope, dorothy lamour, anthony quinn the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 23 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. National catholic register the third of the wellknown road movies starring bing crosby, bob hope, and dorothy lamour is perhaps the best. The film, which was written by frank butler and don hartman and directed by david butler for paramount pictures, is the third of the road to films. David butler directed the film which starred bing crosby, bob hope, and dorothy lamour.
Read about the the road to morocco dvd and browse other dvd movies. Road to morocco the 1942 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing road to morocco near you. The four friends manage to collect enough money only for the. As the suez canal in 1942 was being fought over by the british and axis powers, the boat that jack and fearless jeff and orville take in this movie apparently circumnavigated africa to arrive near morocco. Road to morocco is a 1942 american comedy film starring bing crosby, bob hope and dorothy. When you see one road movie, you may well have seen them all but theyre all fun in their own way. Play now ben mankiewicz intro road to morocco 1942 ben mankiewicz introduces road to morocco, 1942. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more.
Road to morocco 1942 stream and watch online moviefone. With said bey, younes bouab, rafik boubker, fatima bouchain. Read the the road to morocco movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. Watch road to morocco online stream full movie directv. It was preceded by road to zanzibar 1941 and followed by road to utopia 1946. Get 50% off hundreds of family movies when you preorder on fandangonow today. Like websters dictionary, bob hope, bing crosby and dorothy lamour are moroccobound in the third rollicking entry in their popular series of road comedies. Road to morocco 1942 full movie download full hd youtube. Shipwrecked stowaways bing crosby, bob hope hop camel, rescue princess dorothy lamour. The film, which was written by frank butler and don hartman and directed by david butler for paramount pictures, is. Movie november 11, 1942, road to morocco, the third title in the bob hope tribute collection from universal that included some of the other road movies such as road to singapore, road to zanzibar and road to utopia. Running up a tab in a local cafe, jeff bing crosby realizes turkey bob hope is a liquid asset, early in the third road movie, road to morocco, 1942.
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