Road to Bali (1953)

Bob Hope Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour team up in their sixth "Road" picture Road to Bali which was the only film in the series to be shot in color. Hope and Crosby star as two out-of-work vaudeville performers who are on the lam. The two are hired by a South Seas prince as deep-sea divers in order to recover a buried treasure. They meet beautiful Princess Lala (Lamour) and vie for her affections. Of course the boys run into the usual perils such as cannibals a giant squid and numerous cameos from some of Hollywood's biggest stars. Director Hal Walker was no stranger to the three actor having directed the trio in Road to Utopia. The final "Road" picture Road to Hong Kong would be released 10 years later with Lamour making a brief cameo appearance.System Requirements:Starring: Bob Hope Bing Crosby Dorothy Lamour with Dean Martin Jane Russell and Murvyn Vye. Directed by: Hal Walker. Runtime 90 minutes. Copyright 1949 Columbia Pictures Television.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 090096098395 Manufacturer No: 60983-9 Product Description

Futuristic jokes!

Road to Bali has been very cleverly written and is not just a one liner picture. If you watch the film again there are references to childhood trauma and hypnotherapy, color TV, the 4th dimension, the physics of circumferential energy with an orbiting bullet and so much more. I don't know who wrote the script - but it is so clever and decades ahead of it's time. I love it!!!!! August 28, 2008

Great movie

They don't make movies like this anymore. It is a fun entertaining movie with no hidden agenda. Try finding that at the movies today. January 14, 2008

Road to Bali

can't see the dvd as i am in region 2 and the dvd is coded for region 1. great!!!!!!!! January 14, 2008

Not Captivating

I was predisposed to like this film, but was disappointed in the weakness of the plot and the hackneyed one-line put downs constantly exchanged between the two protangonists. It starts with the two vaudeville stars doing their routine on stage, while in the wings a girl is waiting with her dad for a "shotgun" style wedding for either of the two. They escape, leaving Australia looking for any kind of available employment. It turns out deep sea diving is the sole remaining option.

Princess Lala, who is half Scottish becomes the romantic target of both suitors. The indingenous people arrange a marriage ceremony whereby both men are going to marry her, although neither realize they are sharing a bride. This plan is destroyed by another authority on the island who wants to make her his latest bride to add to his collection. It's at this point that the plot breaks down and it seems they wanted to just end the script in the alloted time.

Cameo appearances by well-known movie stars of the era are interspersed. If you don't watch carefully you'll miss them however. The most creative part is the conclusion. April 8, 2007

Road to Bali

Got it very fast and it is a great movie. Of course with old Blue eyes and Bob Hope. It had to be. March 16, 2007

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