
Road to Zanzibar
1941, Comedy/Musical, 1h 32m
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Movie Info
Tired of working the traveling sideshow circuit in Africa, con men Chuck Reardon (Bing Crosby) and Hubert "Fearless" Frazier (Bob Hope) get tangled up with tycoon Charles Kimble (Eric Blore), who fleeces them with the deed to a worthless diamond mine. After swindling someone else with the same mine deed, the boys rescue a pair of seemingly innocent young cuties in peril, Donna (Dorothy Lamour) and Julia (Una Merkel), not realizing that the girls are confidence tricksters themselves.
Cast & Crew
Bing Crosby
Chuck Reardon
Chuck Reardon
Bob Hope
Hubert "Fearless" Frazier
Hubert "Fearless" Frazier
Dorothy Lamour
Donna Latour
Donna Latour
Una Merkel
Julia Quimby
Julia Quimby
Eric Blore
Charles Kimble
Charles Kimble
Iris Adrian
French soubrette in cafe
French soubrette in cafe
Critic Reviews for Road to Zanzibar
Audience Reviews for Road to Zanzibar
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Sep 05, 2010The second "road" movie seems to meander around Africa somewhere, I don't know about you but I've never heard of Zanzibar, weather or not it's Zanzibar, we don't know. They use all the obvious jungle jokes, it has it's moments, but it's mostly a routine comedy.Aj V Super Reviewer
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Jul 17, 2008One of the weaker Road movies, but still plenty of fun.Anthony V Super Reviewer
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May 17, 2008Hope and Crosby continue their travels across the dark continent as a pair of con men who meet their match in the form of hustlers Dorothy Lamour and Joan Marsh. Zanzibar was the second Road movie and this is where the formula was set with far more of the duo's fast talking bickering and less of the musical interludes. Bob Hope is now the willing victim of Crosby's hair brained money making schemes and the pair have become the immoral, back stabbing cowards we know and love! Lamour is far feistier as a rival con artist rather than the doe-eyed innocent of the first film and Joan Marsh is a welcome addition to the team. The script is little more than a string of excuses for various skits and slapstick set pieces but the laughs flow much more freely than in Singapore. Dated (especially the painfully politically incorrect opening titles), but still funny.xGary X Super Reviewer
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