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Road To Utopia [DVD] [1946]

DVD ~ Bing Crosby

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Actors: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
Directors: Hal Walker
Format: Black & White, Full Screen, PAL
Language English
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: PG
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
DVD Release Date: 10 Jan 2005
Run Time: 86 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

ASIN: B0006M4SL4
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,758 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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I feel sorry for people who can't appreciate Hope and Crosby "road" pictures. This is the fourth in the series, and has the boys masquerading as the killers Sperry and McGurk, from whom they've stolen the map to a gold mine, but which really belongs to Dorothy Lamour, but which... and you know it really doesn't matter anyway. The point is they've got this thin plot on which to hang a series of hit-and-miss jokes, coming fast enough to make it just all right and a certain amount of time to see who gets Dorothy Lamour, while maintaining their fierce and friendly and wisecracking rivalry. They're in the Klondike this time around, which doesn't stop the film from working in a glimpse of Dorothy in her sarong. Along the way, animals talk, including the humourist Robert Benchley, whose thoroughly dispensable introduction and running commentary I wouldn't dispense with for anything. This is arguably the goofiest of the road pictures. My favorite joke is when Bob is bested in fishing with Bing. Bob remarks, "My worm must have B.O." Bing comes back with "Couldn't B.U." You may not care where you're going, just as long as you're with them. Put it there, pal, put it there. --Jim Gay

Synopsis

Duke and Chester, two performers, head to Alaska to make their fortune. On the ship to Skagway, they find a map, stolen by McGurk and Sperry, which details the location of a secret goldmine. Disguised as the two thugs, they leave the ship and start their quest for the gold. But McGurk and Sperry are never too far behind...

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4.0 out of 5 stars Utopia imdeed., 23 Mar 2007

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For my money this is the best of the Hope and Crosby movies with both men on top form and with a decent script that is greatly enhanced by Robert Benchley's wry onscreen observations.

It's hardly worth mentioning the plot,aren't all the Road movie plots the same one in different locations?Bob and Bing are forced to travel to a remote location,here it's the Yukon,to escape creditors/irate fathers/vengeful husbands/an angry mob...tick as appropriate.They both meet and fall for Dorothy Lamour, who's usually in some sort of distress, and spend the rest of the picture trying to romance her and cracking jokes whilst attempting to help her.

This picture ticks all of the boxes,but when you throw in Benchley's narration,Grizzly bears,huskies,a couple of rough,tough hitmen,who Bob and Bing,naturally have to impersonate,and all that lovely,snowy,studio bound scenery and you've got yourself a little classic.

The jokes are ancient,the slapstick gags probably pre-date silent film,and the songs are pretty ho-hum to modern ears,but the charm and the cheek of the two stars pulls everything else along behind them.There's plenty to laugh at here and it's one of those films that stays in the mind long after you've seen it and I rate it as one of Hope's best comedies.Recommended,especially for a wintery Sunday afternoon,or even late at night.

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