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Road to Utopia (1946)

Road to Utopia poster
Directed by
Hal Walker
Genre
buddy film, musical film, romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 48 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two vaudeville performers head to Alaska in search of fortune during the early 1900s. They stumble upon a map that leads to a hidden gold mine.

comicalupbeatlightheartedplayfulwhimsicalmusicalfast-pacednostalgic

What happens

Road to Utopia is a 1946 American musical comedy film directed by Hal Walker and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. Filmed in 1943 but not released until 1946, Road to Utopia is the fourth film of the "Road to ..." series. Written by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, the film is about two vaudeville performers at the turn of the twentieth century who go to Alaska to make their fortune. Along the way they find a map to a secret gold mine. In 1947, Road to Utopia received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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