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.
Acting
Hope and Crosby's improvised banter breaks everything
Direction
Hal Walker lets them demolish the fourth wall
Writing
Meta jokes about Paramount, contracts, and their own posters
Director
Hal Walker
Bing Crosby
Duke Johnson
Bob Hope
Chester Hooton
Dorothy Lamour
Sal Van Hoyden
Hillary Brooke
Kate
Douglass Dumbrille
Ace Larson
Jack La Rue
LeBec
Robert Barrat
Sperry
Nestor Paiva
McGurk
Robert Benchley
Narrator
Stanley Andrews
Joe - Official at Ship (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
Bartender (uncredited)
William Benedict
Second Newsboy (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher
Bear (uncredited) (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the only 'Road' picture shot entirely on Paramount stages with rear projection; Alaska was plywood and chutzpah.
The 'Road' formula—two guys, a woman, exotic locale, fourth-wall demolition—influenced everything from Hope/Crosby imitators to Deadpool's entire personality.
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