Road to Morocco
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| Road to Morocco | |
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 1942 movie poster |
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| Directed by | David Butler |
| Produced by | Paul Jones |
| Written by | Frank Butler Don Hartman |
| Starring | Bob Hope Bing Crosby Dorothy Lamour Anthony Quinn |
| Music by | Victor Young |
| Cinematography | William Mellor |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 10, 1942 |
| Running time | 82 min |
| Country | U.S. |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Road to Zanzibar |
| Followed by | Road to Utopia |
Road to Morocco is a 1942 Academy Award nominated comedy film which tells the story of two fast-talking guys who find themselves tossed up on a desert shore and sold into slavery to a beautiful princess. It is the third of the "Road to..." movies that satirises the Arabian Nights genre and stars Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Anthony Quinn, and Dona Drake.
The movie was written by Frank Butler and Don Hartman and directed by David Butler for Paramount Pictures.
It received Academy Award nominations for Best Sound, Recording and Best Writing, Original Screenplay. In 1996, Road to Morocco was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
The film was topical as American troops landed in Morocco on 8 November 1942 during Operation Torch.
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[edit] Reception
American Film Institute recognition
- 2000: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs #78
- 2004: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs #95
[edit] Cast
Bing Crosby ... Jeff Peters
Bob Hope ... Orville 'Turkey' Jackson / Aunt Lucy
Dorothy Lamour ... Princess Shalmar
Anthony Quinn ... Mullay Kasim
Dona Drake ... Mihirmah
Vladimir Sokoloff ... Hyder Khan
Mikhail Rasumny ... Ahmed Fey
George Givot ... Neb Jolla
[edit] Songs
- "(We're off on the) Road to Morocco", performed by Bing Crosby and Bob Hope
- "Ain't Got a Dime to My Name", by Bing Crosby
- "Constantly", Dorothy Lamour
- "Moonlight Becomes You", Bing Crosby
All lyrics by Johnny Burke, and music by Jimmy Van Heusen.
[edit] Parodies & Homages
- In 1982, a movie poster for this movie appeared in the background of a panel on the first page of V for Vendetta.
- The TV series Duckman referenced this movie in the episode Road to Dendron in title and song, also borrowing and referencing jokes of the original.
- The TV series Family Guy referenced this movie in the episode "Road to Rhode Island", in both the title and its song, "We're off on the road to Rhode Island."
- In Mel Brooks's History of the World Part I, the characters sing a short parody of "Road to Morocco", singing "We're off on the road to Judea..."
[edit] Trivia
At one point in the film Hope and Crosby encounter a camel (seen also on the poster above). This is a Bactrian camel, but the camels in Morocco are Arabian camels.
The moment where Bob Hope is spit on by the aforementioned camel was completely unscripted. He had not paid attention to the keeper's instructions and the camel spat in his face. Hence, Bing Crosby's over-the-top reaction is genuine. It was true to the nature of the film and was kept. In his 1985 film Spies Like Us, Chevy Chase attempts to goad a camel into spitting at him in similar fashion, without success.
[edit] Copyright
The film's copyright was renewed in a timely manner by the company which had acquired it. Originally registered for copyright as LP11703 with a declared publication date of October 1, 1942, the continuation of copyright was contingent upon renewal between the 27th and 28th anniversaries of that date. Renewal occurred November 7, 1969, number R472317. Renewal was filed by EMKA, Ltd., holder of the rights to Paramount's pre-1950 library, and now part of NBC Universal Television Distribution--this would now make Universal Studios the film's distributor for all media. The copyright is now scheduled to run until 95 years after the publication date (2037). The film has not lapsed into the public domain.
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