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The Road to Hong Kong (1962)

The Road to Hong Kong poster
Directed by
Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Genre
musical film, buddy film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two bumbling friends get mixed up with a spy ring and a beautiful woman in Hong Kong. They sing and joke their way through a series of comic mishaps.

lightheartedcomicbreezywhimsicalcampymusicalplayfulromanticadventurous

What happens

The Road to Hong Kong is a 1962 British semi-musical comedy film directed by Norman Panama and starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, as well as Joan Collins, with an extended cameo featuring Dorothy Lamour in the setting of Hong Kong under British Rule. This was the seventh and final installment in the Road to ... series and the only one made without the involvement of Paramount Pictures, though references to the others in the series are made in the film and shown in Maurice Binder's opening title sequence. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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