Road to... - Watch Order: Release Order

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1940 - 19627 Films10h 30m3.6 Average

The Road to... series represents classic Hollywood comedy, featuring the legendary partnership of Bing Crosby and Bob Hope alongside Dorothy Lamour. These seven films follow the duo through exotic adventures around the world, from Singapore to Hong Kong, with each movie serving as a standalone comedy adventure.

Known for breaking the fourth wall, witty banter, and the undeniable chemistry between its stars, the series helped define the buddy comedy genre. Since each film tells its own complete story with no continuing plotlines, this release order provides the perfect way to experience the evolution of this franchise.

Linear Timeline: Release Order = Story Order

1
Road to Singapore poster

Road to Singapore

19401h 25m3.6
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Cast: Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Hope, Charles Coburn, Judith Barrett

Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful dancer.

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2
Road to Zanzibar poster

Road to Zanzibar

19411h 31m3.5
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Una Merkel, Eric Blore

Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive con-women.

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3
Road to Morocco poster

Road to Morocco

19421h 22m3.9
Director: David Butler
Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Anthony Quinn, Dona Drake

Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.

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4
Road to Utopia poster

Road to Utopia

19461h 30m3.7
Director: Hal Walker
Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Hillary Brooke, Douglass Dumbrille

While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke, Chester, the thugs, Ace and his henchman chase each other all over the countryside—for the map.

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5
Road to Rio poster

Road to Rio

19471h 40m3.8
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Gale Sondergaard, Frank Faylen

Scat Sweeney and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away onboard a ship bound for Rio, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. They then get mixed up with a potential suicide Lucia, who first thanks them, then unexpectedly turns them over to the ship's captain. When they find out that she has been hypnotized, to go through a marriage of convenience, when the ship reaches Rio, the boys turn up at the ceremony, in order to stop the wedding, and to help catch the crooks.

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6
Road to Bali poster

Road to Bali

19531h 31m3.5
Director: Hal Walker
Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Murvyn Vye, Peter Coe

Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic island on the way to Bali where they vie with each other for the favours of Princess Lala. The hazardous dive produces a chest of priceless jewels which arouses the less romantic interest of some shady locals.

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7
The Road to Hong Kong poster

The Road to Hong Kong

19621h 31m3
Director: Norman Panama
Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Joan Collins, Robert Morley, Walter Gotell

When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, he and Harry are thrust into international intrigue, trying to stay alive while keeping the formula out of enemy hands.

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