The Road to Hong Kong (1962) | |
| Director(s) | Norman Panama |
| Producer(s) | Melvin Frank, William Kirby (associate uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Comedy, Musical |
| Top Topics | Exotic Lands, Road Movie, Sequels, Spies |
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The Road to Hong Kong (1962) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Norman Panama and produced by Melvin Frank and William Kirby.
SYNOPSIS
The last of the "Road" movies has an updated, space-age plot. Aging vaudevillians Hope and Crosby give up the road for a confidence scam, do-it-yourself spaceships. While being chased by the cops, Hope loses his memory after a bump on the head (diagnosed by Peter Sellers). That leads to a monastery, a spy intrigue with Collins, hiding out with Lamour in Hong Kong, a trip to the moon and back, and a final space shot to a remote planet (where they encounter a Rat Pack beachhead established by Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin). As this was filmed in England, the usual cameos get augmented by British character actors.
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Harry Turner: They wanna find out if it's gonna be safe for the apes.
Chester Babcock: Oh.
Leader of the 3rd Echelon: In that rocket, we're about to send two animals around the moon and if we succeed, we shall next send two men. And from the moon, that point of impenetrable power, I shall go before the United Nations and demand that they accede to our total and absolute control.
Chester Babcock: [to Harry] I think he rolls his own.
Leader of the 3rd Echelon: I'll deal with humanity as I please and I'll do with humanity as I choose and I'll do it from the moon with my radio lunar bombs.
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In joke: Peter Sellers sings a few bars of "Thanks for the memory", Bob Hope's theme song.
Joan Collins was given the female lead in this final "Road" picture and Dorothy Lamour was given a small cameo appearance. When Lamour balked, and since financial backing hinged on her participation in the project, her role was enlarged.
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