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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Chester Babcock: Not dangerous?
Harry Turner: No.
Chester Babcock: That's what 'cha said when you shot me out of a cannon, when you dropped me in a tank with an octopus. When you had me wrestle a gorilla. It's not dangerous! I'm not goin'. I'm through. I've had it. So forget it, *Charly*!
Chester Babcock: [Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin arrive] The Italians have landed!
Harry Turner: The grape and the twig!
Harry Turner: An hour ago, she flipped over me. I don't dig it.
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.
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The seventh of the seven Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour "Road" films. Dorothy Lamour only showed up long enough to help the boys out of a jam and still have enough time left over to get a song in.
Bob Hope's character Chester Babcock is named after composer Jimmy Van Heusen who was born Edward Chester Babcock. Van Heusen wrote "Warmer Than A Whisper", which Dorothy Lamour performs in the movie.
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