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Road to Rio

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1947 | 100 min | Comedy, Adventure, Music, Romance

Saturday Specialearly rating

Why it’s a Saturday Special

Critics loved it (100% on Rotten Tomatoes), despite soft box office. A strong pick for the weekend.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for romantics, anyone who wants a laugh and adventure fans. If you loved Yellow Submarine or Help!, start here.
The mood
Light and funny, romantic.
The pace
Breezy, at 1 hr 40 min.
What might put you off
Made in 1947: an older pace and style.

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.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsVery strong

    100% on Rotten Tomatoes

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsBelow par

    Nominated for 1 Oscar.

  • Box office & staying powerBelow par

    $5 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 12K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Norman Z. McLeod

  • Bing CrosbyScat Sweeney
  • Bob HopeHot Lips Barton
  • Dorothy LamourLucia Maria de Andrade
  • Gale SondergaardCatherine Vail
  • Frank FaylenTrigger
  • Joseph VitaleTony
  • George MeekerSherman Mallory
  • Frank PugliaRodrigues
  • Nestor PaivaCardoso
  • Robert BarratJohnson