Road to Utopia Overview:

Road to Utopia (1946) was a Adventure - Comedy Film directed by Hal Walker and produced by Buddy G. DeSylva and Paul Jones.

SYNOPSIS

The fourth "Road" movie, and one of the most gag-filled, opens with old married couple Hope and Lamour comfortable in their mansion reminiscing about their past in the Yukon gold country. Vaudevillians Hope and Crosby escaped San Francisco on a steamer heading north, impersonating vicious killers and with a stolen mine deed in their pockets. Lamour, the daughter of the rightful owner and a dance-hall singer, woos both to get her hands on the deed. Hope gets the girl, but their child looks like Bing! Humorist Robert Benchley narrates.

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Academy Awards 1946 --- Ceremony Number 19 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best WritingNorman Panama, Melvin FrankNominated
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Road to Utopia ( 1945 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Feb 28, 2023 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

Bob Hope and Bing Crosby are on the road once again in the 1945 comedy classic Road to Utopia, this time heading out to Alaska during the Klondike gold rush at the turn of the century. Hope and Crosby play a couple of down-in-their-luck vaudevillians named Chester and Duke who find a map to a gold m... Read full article


Musical Monday: Road to Utopia (1946)

on Dec 27, 2021 From Comet Over Hollywood

It?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: Road to Utopia (1946) ? Musi... Read full article


Musical Monday: Road to Utopia (1948)

on Dec 27, 2021 From Comet Over Hollywood

It?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: Road to Utopia (1946) ? Musi... Read full article


Road to Utopia (1946)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 15, 2013 From 4 Star Films

Starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in this fourth Road picture, this film begins in the present with an old marry couple who gets a surprise visitor. Then the story flashes back to the turn of the century where two lowlifes commit murder in order to steal the map to a gold mine. Howe... Read full article


Road to Utopia (1946)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 15, 2013 From 4 Star Films

Starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in this fourth Road picture, this film begins in the present with an old marry couple who gets a surprise visitor. Then the story flashes back to the turn of the century where two lowlifes commit murder in order to steal the map to a gold mine. Howe... Read full article


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Quotes from

Chester Hooton: As far as I'm concerned, this picture's over right now.


Chester Hooton: Everything is cold! My nose is an iceberg.
Duke: Iceberg? That's a glacier.


[Duke loses a talent show to a trained monkey]
Chester Hooton: [to Duke] Next time I bring Sinatra.


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Facts about

Of the seven "Road to" pictures, this is the only one whose title does not refer to an actual location. In this case, "Utopia" is the happiness that comes from striking gold in the Yukon Territories, where much of the action takes place.
The only one of the 7 Road pictures where Bob Hope winds up with Dorothy Lamour.
The fourth of the seven Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour "Road" films.
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