Road to Morocco

1942 "You'll Shriek At These Shieks! . . . trying the double - Oh! on Sheikess Dorothy Lamour!"
7| 1h22m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 10 November 1942 Released
Producted By: Paramount
Country: United States of America
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Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.

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David Butler

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Road to Morocco Audience Reviews

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
mark.waltz The "road" series is at its best in the third installment that proves that the third time is the charm. Stranded after the boat they've stowed away on blows up (caused by Hope's smoking in the boiler room), they end up where all the old hour glasses are emptied out. This has a great title song that a sets the whole thing up, getting polite digs into Paramount and the censors, making predictions of running into Dorothy Lamour, and introducing hope and Crosby to a friendly camel, as well as the spirit of Hope's late aunt, played like Hope looking very much like Charley's aunt.As usual, Lamour is in distress, a princess in search of a prince, or at least a temporary one to marry her in predictions of an ancient curse. Lavish sets, inside tongue in cheek jokes and Hope getting to make time with Crosby's best gal. There's non stop laughs, action and the occasional song, especially a reprise of "Moonlight Becomes You" where the trio switch singing voices and imitate each other's styles.The return of Anthony Quinn from the first film provides the action, with cute Dona Drake as Lamour's lady in waiting. Another very funny moment has hope pretending to be retarded in order to get free food with a laugh out loud encounter with the shop keeper. This is the gag a minute movie that I would rank among the funniest films ever made. Of the remainder of the series, only the follow-up ("Utopia") came close with the others all amusing but not nearly as finny as this.
Uriah43 After accidentally causing their ship to sink "Orville Jackson" (Bob Hope) and his buddy "Jeff Peters" (Bing Crosby) find themselves drifting in the middle of the ocean on a small raft with no food or water. Fortunately, they discover land in the distance and eventually manage to make their way to shore. Not long afterward they come across a camel and ride on it through the desert to a nearby city. At that point Jeff sells Orville to a slave trader and after finding out that he is being tortured decides to rescue him. It's at this time that Jeff discovers that nothing could be further from the truth as Orville is actually having a great time and is soon to marry "Princess Shalmar" (Dorothy Lamour). Unfortunately, a powerful warlord named "Mullay Kasim" (Anthony Quinn) also has his eyes set on Princess Shalmar and he has no intention of allowing anybody to marry her. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a nice little comedy which complements the "Road Series" rather well. Even though they play different characters in each film I especially liked the continuing dynamics and the between the three main characters who seem to be having a good time in the process. In any case, although it is clearly dated and as a result may not be a top-of-the-line film these days, I still found it somewhat enjoyable and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.
gavin6942 Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.Bosley Crowther liked it: "Let us be thankful that Paramount is still blessed with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, and that it has set its cameras to tailing these two irrepressible wags on another fantastic excursion, Road to Morocco, which came to the Paramount yesterday. For the screen, under present circumstances, can hold no more diverting lure than the prospect of Hope and Crosby ambling, as they have done before, through an utterly slaphappy picture, picking up Dorothy Lamour along the way and tossing acid wisecracks at each other without a thought for reason or sense...The short of it is that Road to Morocco is a daffy, laugh-drafting film. And you'll certainly agree with the camel which, at one point, offers the gratuitous remark, "This is the screwiest picture I was ever in." The camel remark is pretty funny, and the movie as a whole is quite a treat. I can't say I'm a big Bob Hope fan, but I love Bing Crosby, and together they make quite a pair. This isn't laugh-out-loud funny but it has a very vaudeville-ish sense to it, where the routines are so hackneyed and cliché, but you can't help but appreciate them.
classicsoncall Even if you haven't seen the film but know the principals, you can figure out who's saying my summary line, who it's about, and who the speaker is saying it to. If you can't, you've never seen a Road show.The picture isn't much more than a showcase for Crosby and Hope to fire off their one-liners and get in a few decidedly successful song numbers, but it's the type of film I always enjoy watching for sheer entertainment value. The gags are fast and furious, and there's one I had to do a quick double take on in the latter part of the picture. When Bing sprinkles some ground up tobacco leaves onto a display an Arab is selling, Hope quips - "Hey, whattya doin', makin' reefers?" Man, if I had this on DVD, I'd still be replaying that scene.As for Lamour, this might be the best she's looked in a film I've seen her in to date. The exotic locale and Arab princess garb help, but she really did look gorgeous here. No wonder the boys always fought or sang over her. Moonlight Becomes Her indeed.My vote for one line that should have been in the flick but wasn't - "I've never seen a picture with so many talking camels before"!