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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Quotes from The Road to Hong Kong
Chester Babcock: Well, that's understandable, an impressionable young thing falls for an elderly fellow. She probably thought you were a father figure.
Harry Turner: Father figure?
Chester Babcock: Yes, then she took another look and found out you had your father's figure.
Chester Babcock: I'll never look at another banana split.
Chester Babcock: [Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin arrive] The Italians have landed!
Harry Turner: The grape and the twig!
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Facts about The Road to Hong Kong
In joke: Peter Sellers sings a few bars of "Thanks for the memory", Bob Hope's theme song.
The long nonsense word that Peter Sellers says during his scene is actually the name of a Welsh town, known for being the longest place name anywhere: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
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