Road to Utopia
(1946)
IT'S A SLEIGH RIDE OF HILARITY...WITH BING, BOB & DOTTY! (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Tower Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - September 6, 1946 - all caps)
Stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Hillary Brooke, Douglass Dumbrille
Director: Hal Walker
Writer: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Language: English
Studio: Universal Studios
Duration: 90
Rated: PG
DVD Release: October 2005
At the turn of the century, Duke and Chester, two vaudeville performers, go to Alaska to make their fortune. On the ship to Skagway, they find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been stolen by McGurk and Sperry, a couple of thugs. They disguise themselves as McGurk and Sperry to get off the ship. Meanwhile, Sal Van Hoyden is in Alaska to try and recover the map; it had been her father's. She falls in with Ace Larson, who wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke and Chester, McGurk and Sperry, Ace and his henchmen, and Sal, chase each other all over the countryside, trying to get the map.
| Bing Crosby | Duke Johnson / Junior Hooton |
| Bob Hope | Chester Hooton |
| Dorothy Lamour | Sal Van Hoyden |
| Hillary Brooke | Kate |
| Douglass Dumbrille | Ace Larson |
| Lionel Lindon | Cinematographer |
| Jack La Rue | LeBec (as Jack LaRue) |
| Robert Barrat | Sperry |
| Nestor Paiva | McGurk |
| Robert Benchley | Narrator |
| Ferdinand Munier | Santa Claus |
| George Anderson | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Stanley Andrews | Joe - Official at Ship (uncredited) |
| Bobby Barber | Bartender (uncredited) |
| William 'Billy' Benedict | Second Newsboy (uncredited) |
| Carmella Bergstrom | Woman (uncredited) |
| Phil Bloom | Show Spectator |
| Billy Bletcher | Bear (voice) (uncredited) |
| Eddie Borden | Man in Saloon (uncredited) |
| Rudy Bowman | Show Spectator |
| Al Bridge | Ship Captain (uncredited) |
| Romaine Callender | Man in Top Hat (uncredited) |
| Ken Carpenter | Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Chester Conklin | Amateur Contestant Banjo Player (uncredited) |
| Jerry Colonna | Man on boat to Alaska |
| Larry Daniels | Ringleader (uncredited) |
| Edgar Dearing | Official Policeman (uncredited) |
| Tex Cooper | Prospector |
| Jimmie Dundee | Ringleader of Henchmen (uncredited) |
| Edward Emerson | Master of Ceremonies (uncredited) |
| Billy Engle | Amateur Contest Contestant (uncredited) |
| Al Ferguson | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Maxine Fife | Girl (uncredited) |
| Art Foster | Husky Sailor (uncredited) |
| Donald Gallaher | Man at Zambini's (uncredited) |
| Charles Gemora | Bear (uncredited) |
| Fred Graham | Henchman with Ace at Bar (uncredited) |
| Eddie Hall | Man in Saloon Behind Duke and Chester (uncredited) |
| Bud Harrison | Man at Zambini's (uncredited) |
| Al Hill | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Brandon Hurst | Man at Zambini's (uncredited) |
| Claire James | Girl (uncredited) |
| Ethan Laidlaw | Saloon Brawler (uncredited) |
| George Lloyd | Prospector (uncredited) |
| Arthur Loft | Head Purser (uncredited) |
| Jack Kenny | Ship Passenger |
| Jimmy Lono | Eskimo (uncredited) |
| Al Kunde | Prospector |
| Jack Low | Henchman (uncredited) |
| Frank Marlowe | Sailor Reporting to Head Purser (uncredited) |
| Thomas Martin | Chester & Sal's Butler (uncredited) |
| George McKay | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Frank Moran | Bartender (uncredited) |
| Al Murphy | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Paul Newlan | Tough Ship's Purser (uncredited) |
| Joyce Norman | Girl (uncredited) |
| Mathew McCue | Ship Passenger |
| Gerald Pierce | First Newsboy (uncredited) |
| 'Snub' Pollard | Amateur Contest Violinist (uncredited) |
| Robert Milasch | Tall Boat Passenger |
| Allen Pomeroy | Henchman (uncredited) |
| Ronald R. Rondell | Hotel Manager (uncredited) |
| Jack Rutherford | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Richard Neill | Ship Passenger |
| Harry Semels | Lombardi - Spitting Passenger (uncredited) |
| Jack Shea | Departing Ship Passenger (uncredited) |
| Lee Shumway | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Anton Northpole | Show Spectator |
| Sammy Stein | Husky Sailor (uncredited) |
| Jack Stoney | Henchman (uncredited) |
| Charles Sullivan | Prospector (uncredited) |
| Jim Thorpe | Collins - Ship's Passenger (uncredited) |
| John Rice | Henchman |
| Sailor Vincent | Henchman in Saloon (uncredited) |
| Selene Walters | (uncredited) |
| Pat West | Bartender (uncredited) |
| Charles C. Wilson | Official Policeman (uncredited) |
| Will Wright | Mr. Latimer (uncredited) |
| Allen D. Sewall | Prospector |
| Leigh Harline | Composer |
| Roland Anderson | Art Director |
| Hans Dreier | Art Director |
| Edith Head | Custome Designer |
| Wally Westmore | makeup supervisor |
| Neal Beckner | second camera operator (uncredited) |
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby 2.0 Mono
IMDb: 0038032
