Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.
Acting
Hope's cowardice + Crosby's smarm = magic
Writing
Fourth-wall breaks before they were cool
Costume
Lamour's sarongs defined an era
Director
David Butler
Bing Crosby
Jeff Peters
Bob Hope
Orville Jackson
Dorothy Lamour
Princess Shalmar
Anthony Quinn
Mullay Kasim
Dona Drake
Mihirmah
Vladimir Sokoloff
Hyder Khan
Mikhail Rasumny
Ahmed Fey
George Givot
Neb Jolla
Robert Barron
Giant Bearded Arab (uncredited)
Leon Belasco
Yusef (uncredited)
Sara Berner
Mabel (uncredited) (voice)
Clara Blandick
Aunt Lucy in Photo (uncredited)
Monte Blue
Kasim's Aide (uncredited)
Dick Botiller
Warrior (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is the third 'Road to...' film; Hope and Crosby improvised so much that studio insurers demanded they stick closer to script.
The 'Road' films invented the buddy comedy template that still dominates Hollywood—without ever crediting these two chaos agents.
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