Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour starred together for the fourth time in “Road to Utopia.” This adventure has the famous group looking for a gold mine in Alaska and finding a treasure in laughs and comedy. This movie had an expert behind the scenes production group: Paul Jones (producer of all four “Road” pictures), director Hal Walker (“Road to Zanzibar” 1941), and screenwriters Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay.
There were several musical numbers written by Jimmy Van Heusen (music) and Johnny Burke (lyrics): “Goodtime Charlie,” ” It’s Anybody’s Spring,” “Welcome to My Dreams,” plus three more. The supporting cast in this Paramount Pictures box office hit includes Hillary Brooke, Douglas Dumbrille, Jack La Rue, Robert Barrat, Nestor Paiva, and Robert Benchley as the Narrator, his final motion picture appearance.
Road to Utopia (1946)
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My Review
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour starred together for the fourth time in “Road to Utopia.” This adventure has the famous group looking for a gold mine in Alaska and finding a treasure in laughs and comedy. This movie had an expert behind the scenes production group: Paul Jones (producer of all four “Road” pictures), director Hal Walker (“Road to Zanzibar” 1941), and screenwriters Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay.
There were several musical numbers written by Jimmy Van Heusen (music) and Johnny Burke (lyrics): “Goodtime Charlie,” ” It’s Anybody’s Spring,” “Welcome to My Dreams,” plus three more. The supporting cast in this Paramount Pictures box office hit includes Hillary Brooke, Douglas Dumbrille, Jack La Rue, Robert Barrat, Nestor Paiva, and Robert Benchley as the Narrator, his final motion picture appearance.