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Overall Rank: 10789
Average Rating: 2.5/4
# of Ratings: 12
Theatrical Release Date: 04/11/1941
Language: English
Genre: Action, Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Actors: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Una Merkel, Eric Blore, Lionel Royce
Plot: Chuck and his pal Fearless flee a South African carnival when their sideshow causes a fire. After several similar escapades, they've finally saved enough to return to the USA, when Chuck spends it all on a "lost" diamond mine. But that's only the beginning; before long, a pair of attractive con-women have tricked our heroes into financing a comic safari, featuring numerous burlesque jungle adventures...
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"Road To Zanzibar" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 02/27/2012
Hope and Crosby continue their travels across the dark continent as a pair of con men who meet their match in the form of hustlers Dorothy Lamour and Joan Marsh. Zanzibar was the second Road movie and this is where the formula was set with far more of the duo's fast talking bickering and less of the musical interludes. Bob Hope is now the willing victim of Crosby's hair brained money making schemes and the pair have become the immoral, back stabbing cowards we know and love! Lamour is far feistier as a rival con artist rather than the doe-eyed innocent of the first film and Joan Marsh is a welcome addition to the team. The script is little more than a string of excuses for various skits and slapstick set pieces but the laughs flow much more freely than in Singapore. Dated (especially the …
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