Road to Singapore

Name: Road to Singapore
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Musical
Released: March 22, 1940
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 63
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Bobby Barber, Charles Coburn

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: March 22, 1940 | Approved

Starring: Anthony Quinn, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Bobby Barber, Charles Coburn, Dorothy Lamour, Elvia Allman, Jerry Colonna, Johnny Arthur, Judith Barrett

Summary: Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore - until they meet a beautiful dancer.

Director: Victor Schertzinger

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance, Musical

Rating: Approved

Runtime: 85 min

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Empire Kim Newman

This pleasant 1940 comedy-drama hit on the successful double-act teaming of crooner Bing Crosby and patter comic Bob Hope, throwing in sarong-clad Dorothy Lamour for glamour and working through a trivial plot about fleeing responsibility for a South Seas idyll. Read full review

Pauline Kael

In spite of his problem of sentiment, it's a happy, unpretentious farce.

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Initial teaming of Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in Road to Singapore provides foundation for continuous round of good substantial comedy of rapid-fire order, swinging along at a zippy pace. Read full review

Noel Murray

Road To Singapore isn’t as funny or as cleverly self-referential as what would come later; it became a hit largely due to the fast-paced, partially ad-libbed repartee between the two stars, which was unlike anything that movie audiences had heard before. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

This is the one that started it all and it is also one of the weakest of the "Road" pictures. Read full review

Frank S. Nugent

The Road to Singapore is cobbled with good intentions, is blessed intermittently with smooth-running strips of amiable nonsense, but is altogether too uneven for regular use. Read full review

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