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Jeffrey Peters (Crosby) and Orville "Turkey" Jackson (Hope) are a couple of swells who find themselves shipwrecked (thanks to Orville). Soon they are off (singing) on the Road to Morocco with nothing but food on their minds. Since they have no money, they are in a bit of a pickle about how to pay for their meal - that's when Peters solves their money problems by selling Orville to an Arab. After dead Aunt Lucy (yes, it's Hope in drag) appears to him and makes him feel guilty, Jeffrey decides to rescue his friend. Orville, though, doesn't want rescuing because he is being primped and pampered in the palace of Princess Shalmar (Dorothy Lamour). The idea of Orville marrying the beautiful princess doesn't set right with Jeffrey, and he starts crooning in her ear himself. The princess is supposed to marry Mullay Kassim (Anthony Quinn), and he (and his party of gunmen) has something to say about what goes on here. Naturally, Jeffrey and Orville end up in hot water, but they are surprisingly resourceful (they also obviously sent off for all the nifty gadgets listed on the back of old comic books as kids). Need I say it? Hilarity ensues.
Almost every joke and one-liner lands solidly in this film, and a good many of them are laugh-out-loud funny. You also get the treat of hearing Bing Crosby, the ultimate crooner, sing a few numbers (actually, Hope's singing isn't that bad, either). In what is probably the most famous scene from the movie, Hope, Crosby, and Lamour sing Moonlight Becomes You in each others' voices - it's a priceless bit. The Road to Morocco is classic slap-stick comedy at its very best. Thank goodness we have all these old movies available to us because they certainly don't make 'em like this anymore.
You don't need to worry about the plot too much. Hope and Crosby are a couple of bums, as usual, this time shipwrecked off the North African coast. Lamour is the love interest and Anthony Quinn makes his second appearance in the series, this time as an evil, cut-throat Arab chief. All the close-ups have clearly been filmed on the Paramount lot but there are plenty of longshots of deserts, sand dunes and camels, just so you don't forget where you are supposed to be. There are a couple of catchy songs (Road to Morocco and Moonlight becomes you), the second of which had a life outside the film and has been recorded by several artists.
The pace is perhaps quicker and slicker than the first two. The action is pretty continuous and we don't slow down for the romantic subplot to be developed, which rather let down the previous Road to Zanzibar. The film is a good laugh and I enjoyed watching it.
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