Road to Morocco (1942) | |
| Director(s) | David Butler |
| Producer(s) | Paul Jones (associate), Buddy G. DeSylva (executive uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical |
| Top Topics | Exotic Lands, Road Movie, Romance (Comic), Romance (Musical) |
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Road to Morocco (1942) was a Comedy - Adventure Film directed by David Butler and produced by Buddy G. DeSylva and Paul Jones.
SYNOPSIS
Third time's a charm for the "Road" series. The third entry is classic film comedy at its best, and the best of the series. Hope and Crosby team at Arabian Nights fantasies, and the set pieces send up every clich? in the form. Shipwreck survivors Hope and Crosby hitch a ride on a wisecracking passing camel and head for Morocco where Bing sells Bob into slavery. It turns out to be love slavery as Crosby finds Hope in the lap of luxury, and Lamour's lap, as he awaits a royal marriage. Sheik Quinn has another idea. Wonderful fun with a snappy script, the usual asides, and cameos.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
.Road to Morocco was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996.
Academy Awards 1942 --- Ceremony Number 15 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Writing | Frank Butler, Don Hartman | Nominated |
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Musical Monday: Road to Morocco (1942)
on Jun 16, 2025 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals.In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical:Road to Morocco ? Musical #147... Read full article
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By Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 20, 2013 From Pretty Clever FilmsRoad to Morocco is an 1942 American comedy film about two fast-talking guys tossed up on a desert shore and sold into slavery to a beautiful princess. The movie is the third of the “Road to ?” films starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour, and also features Anthony Quinn and D... Read full article
Watch It: Road to Morocco (1942) (2)
By Brandy Dean on Jan 20, 2013 From Pretty Clever FilmsRoad to Morocco is an 1942 American comedy film about two fast-talking guys tossed up on a desert shore and sold into slavery to a beautiful princess. The movie is the third of the “Road to ?” films starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour, and also features Anthony Quinn and D... Read full article
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Quotes from
Princess Shalmar: When the moon, in its last quarter, silvers the blossoms of the almond tree. That's Tuesday night, about nine.
Turkey Jackson: I hope she didn't hear that. The dead have a way of coming back you know.
Jeff Peters: Get out, when they're dead they're dead.
Turkey Jackson: Not Aunt Lucy, she was a Republican.
Turkey Jackson: You can't sell me, you don't own me!
Jeff Peters: No, not now, no. [pointing at Arab] He does.
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Facts about
Orville 'Turkey' Jackson said he was born in 1913. In reality, Bob Hope was born in 1903, making him ten years older than his character at the time.
In 1942, Decca Records issued a Bing Crosby solo version of the Johnny Burke-Jimmy Van Heusen title song. A later commercial duet by Mr. Crosby and Bob Hope would be included on a Decca boxed album which otherwise was devoted to the Burke-Van Heusen score of Road to Utopia.
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