Road to Zanzibar
Road to Zanzibar is a 1941 Paramount Pictures semi-musical comedy film starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour, and marked the second of seven picture in the popular "Road to …" series made by the trio. It takes place in the Sultanate of Zanzibar.
Plot
The film starts with con-artist Chuck Reardon (Bing Crosby) singing "You Lucky People, You" as a side-show caller at a circus advertising an act featuring his friend Hubert "Fearless" Frazier (Bob Hope). "Fearless" poses as a human cannonball, but he quickly substitutes a dummy at the last minute and hides in a secret compartment. The flaming dummy sets the big tent on fire and the two of them flee. Their subsequent acts show 'Fearless' doing more dangerous acts, usually getting injured. When Chuck brings the next 'great idea', wrestling a live octopus, 'Fearless' finally balks and wants to go back to the states. At a fancy restaurant, they're sent champagne by a wealthy man, diamond baron Charles Kimble (Eric Blore). The festive mood turns sour when the police show up, but Kimble bails them out. They decide to go home to the United States, but when Chuck goes to get the tickets Kimble invites him onto his yacht for a drink.
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| author | Don Hartman Frank Butler |
|---|---|
| award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | Africa |
| director | Victor Schertzinger |
| editor | Alma Macrorie |
| genre | adventure comedy |
| keywords | advertise african leopard begin champagne claim crush diamond diamond mine even film star giant gorilla gorilla human cannonball injured it\'s always you joke jungle leopard lionel royce lose octopus pack sing slave auction spring swim their way think tick wealthy man wrestling match yacht |
| musicBy | Victor Young |
| producer | Paul Jones |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| theme | buddy musical comedy road movie romantic comedy romantic musical |