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Road to Morocco (1942)

Road to Morocco poster
Directed by
David Butler
Genre
buddy film, musical film, romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 84 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two fast-talking guys get stranded on a desert shore and are sold into slavery to a princess. They try to talk and sing their way out of trouble.

playfulfast-pacedcomediclightheartedwhimsicalsillymusicaladventurous

What happens

Road to Morocco is a 1942 American comedy film starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, and featuring Anthony Quinn and Dona Drake. Written by Frank Butler and Don Hartman and directed by David Butler, it's the third of the "Road to ..." films. It was preceded by Road to Zanzibar (1941) and followed by Road to Utopia (1946). The story is about two fast-talking guys cast away on a desert shore and sold into slavery to a princess. In 1996, Road to Morocco was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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