Movie
Road to Rio
Released: December 25, 1947 (1947)
Runtime: 100 minutes
Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Music, Romance
Scat Sweeney and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away onboard a ship bound for Rio, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. They then get mixed up with a potential suicide Lucia, who first thanks them, then unexpectedly turns them over to the ship's captain. When they find out that she has been hypnotized, to go through a marriage of convenience, when the ship reaches Rio, the boys turn up at the ceremony, in order to stop the wedding, and to help catch the crooks.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Robert Barrat as Johnson
Age at release: 58
- Frank Puglia as Rodrigues
Age at release: 55
- Gale Sondergaard as Catherine Vail
Age at release: 48
- Joseph Vitale as Tony
Age at release: 46
- Bing Crosby as Scat Sweeney
Age at release: 44
- Bob Hope as Hot Lips Barton
Age at release: 44
- George Meeker as Sherman Mallory
Age at release: 43
- Frank Faylen as Trigger
Age at release: 42
- Nestor Paiva as Cardoso
Age at release: 42
- Dorothy Lamour as Lucia Maria de Andrade
Age at release: 33
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- Sam Harris as Ship Lounge Extra
Age at release: 70
- Franklyn Farnum as Ship Lounge Extra
Age at release: 69
- Harry Woods as Ship's Purser
Age at release: 58
- Stanley Andrews as Capt. Harmon
Age at release: 56
- William H. O'Brien as Ship's Waiter
Age at release: 56
- Gino Corrado as Ship's Barber
Age at release: 54
- George Chandler as Ship's Steward
Age at release: 49
- Arthur Q. Bryan as Mr. Stanton
Age at release: 48
- Frank Ferguson as Texas Posse Member
Age at release: 48
- Rudolph Andrean as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Age at release: 44
- Tor Johnson as The Great Samson (uncredited)
Age at release: 44
- Laverne Andrews as Laverne Andrews
Age at release: 36
- Maxene Andrews as Maxene Andrews
Age at release: 31
- Patty Andrews as Patty Andrews
Age at release: 29