Road to Bali - BLU-RAY

Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour. In this high-spirited comedy, two men on the trail of a beautiful woman run amuck through the jungle and stumble into a series of humorous scrapes. Cameo by Humphrey Bogart. 1952/color/91 min/NR.

At first planned as a vehicle for Fred MacMurray and Jack Oakie, this light-hearted adventure was the first screen pairing for Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Fleeing their respective romantic entanglements, American playboys Josh (Crosby) and Ace (Hope) head to Singapore where they find their friendship tested as they almost immediately begin feuding for the hand of gorgeous dancer Mima (Dorothy Lamour). With Anthony Quinn, Charles Coburn. 85 min. Standard; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; featurettes; theatrical trailer.

Road To Bali was the 6th. In the series of 'Road' pictures and the only one to be filmed in Technicolor. George (Bing Crosby) and Harold (Bob Hope), are vaudeville performers anxious to leave Australia to avoid various marriage proposals. They end up taking jobs as pearl divers. When they go to an island on the way to Bali, they meet and vie for the favors of the exotic Princess Lala (Dorothy Lamour). A dive produces a chest of priceless jewels, which the Prince wants as his own. They escape from the prince, but get shipwrecked on another island. By now, Lala is in love with both of them, and can't decide which to choose. The natives inform her that a woman can marry multiple husbands. Lala decides to marry them both. However, all this changes when Lala has become unwillingly wed to the already much-married King (Leon Askin), while the boys end up married to each other. But, this is not the end of the story. You MUST watch to see how this hilarious romantic comedy resolves itself!! (90 minutes - 1952 - Color - 4 3)