SummaryTwo carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.
Directed By:David Butler
Written By:Frank Butler, Don Hartman, Erik Charell, Barney Dean, Arthur Phillips
Road to Morocco
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Generally Favorable
75
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Universal Acclaim
8.2
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Timeless entertainment. [24 Dec 2005]
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The third, and best, in the "Road" series, Road to Morocco has everything going for it. Bob Hope and Bing Crosby were not yet tired of the formula, and their breezy acting wafts the picture along in a melange of gags, songs, thrills, and calculated absurdities.
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Morocco is a bubbling spontaneous entertainment without a semblance of sanity; an uproarious patchquilt of gags, old situations and a blitz-like laugh pace that never lets up for a moment. It's Bing Crosby and Bob Hope at their best, with Dorothy Lamour, as usual, the pivotal point for their romantic pitch.
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The third, and along with Road to Utopia, probably the best in a series which began in 1940.
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A lampoon of all pictures having to do with exotic romance, played by a couple of wise guys who can make a gag do everything but lay eggs.
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A witty, light hearted movie in which Bing sings 'Moonlight Becomes You' to a suitably enchanted Dorothy Lamour. [25 May 2003, p.8]
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Road to Morocco is light and airy family entertainment, yet at a time when the Production Code was at its height of power, it is surprising what Crosby and especially Hope, of course, manage to suggest. [07 Jun 2001, p.34]
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Universal Acclaim
8.2
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Aug 19, 2023
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Movie is an amusing musical comedy, and another successful pairing of the two stars. What I liked best were the clever break the fourth wall jokes, some that involve talking camels. Dorothy Lamour is stunning and charming, but she has competition with lots of beautiful harem girls. I also enjoyed the second unit location shooting in the Arizona sand dunes.
Production Company:
- Paramount Pictures
Release Date:Nov 10, 1942
Duration:1 h 22 m
Rating:TV-G
Tagline:You'll Shriek At These Shieks! . . . trying the double - Oh! on Sheikess Dorothy Lamour!
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
Photoplay Awards
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
National Film Preservation Board, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
