Road to Morocco

A film review by Christopher Null - Copyright © 2003 Filmcritic.com

Widely considered the best of Bing Crosby and Bob Hope's "Road to..." collaborations (this was #3 out of 7 in total), Road to Morocco is indeed a very funny movie that shows off Hope and Crosby at their best. Hope shines above all as the funnier of two wisecracking sailors who wash up ashore in Morocco, only to have Crosby sell Hope into slavery. (Yes, it's funny!) Only Hope turns out to be marrying a local princess... and then there's a nasty turn in store for both of them. It's a funny and dark look at friendship and love... and of course, any excuse to crack a joke. Watch for Hope doing double duty as Crosby's ghostly/dream-sequence aunt.

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Rating

4.0 out of 5 Stars

Cast and Crew

  • Director: David Butler
  • Producer: Paul Jones
  • Screenwriter: Frank Butler, Don Hartman
  • Stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Anthony Quinn, Dona Drake
  • MPAA Rating: NR