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Two inept vaudevillians stow away on a Brazilian-bound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter.Two inept vaudevillians stow away on a Brazilian-bound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter.Two inept vaudevillians stow away on a Brazilian-bound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Herbert Wiere
- One of the Wiere Brothers)
- (as The Wiere Brothers)
Harry Wiere
- One of the Wiere Brothers
- (as The Wiere Brothers)
Sylvester Wiere
- One of the Wiere Brothers
- (as The Wiere Brothers)
Patty Andrews
- Patty
- (as The Andrews Sisters)
Maxene Andrews
- Maxene Andrews
- (as The Andrews Sisters)
Laverne Andrews
- Laverne Andrews
- (as The Andrews Sisters)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis film contains the last on-screen singing performance by The Andrews Sisters, who share with Bing Crosby the saucy Latin-swing hit, "You Don't Have to Know the Language" (music by Jimmy Van Heusen, lyrics by Johnny Burke). This number was revived splendidly by Lena Horne on two RCA Victor albums: "Songs by Burke and Van Heusen" (released in 1959), and "Lena at the Sands" (recorded live in Las Vegas, November 3-5, 1960).
- GoofsWhen Hot Lips and Scat disguise themselves as the barber and shoeshine boy, Hot Lips begins to put shaving cream on the guy in the chair, including his mustache, but the close-up shows no shaving cream on his mustache.
- Quotes
Lucia Maria de Andrade: I don't know what came over me! I found myself saying things, and I didn't know why I was saying them.
Hot Lips Barton: Look, why don't you just run for Congress and leave us alone?
- Crazy creditsOpening credits begin with the names of the stars (and their legs) doing a dance, with the rest of the credits swaying in time with the music.
- ConnectionsEdited into Moments in Music (1950)
- SoundtracksYou Don't Have to Know the Language
Written by Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Performed by Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters
Featured review
The Papers, the world must never know.
Another journey with Bob, Bing, and Dotty, this time the boys are escaping the law and a couple of shotgun wielding fathers in Bing's case. They stowaway on a boat bound for Rio De Janeiro and they meet damsel in distress Dotty with her "aunt" Gale Sondergaard and her two henchmen Frank Faylen and Joseph Vitale. Dragon lady Gale has been hypnotizing Dottie to force her into a marriage so that her inheritance can be swindled.
The Road pictures always had a usual pattern of songs. A ballad for Crosby, a ballad for Lamour, and some patter songs for Crosby and Hope. Crosby sings one of his nicest ballads with But Beautiful. Hope and Crosby do Appalachicola, Fla and Dottie does an unforgettable version of Experience accompanied by Hope playing a bubble blowing trumpet.
Bing Crosby's most frequent singing partners were the Andrews Sisters on record. They did enough material to fill more than three of those old fashioned vinyl LPs. But their only appearance in a movie with Bing is here and they sing You Don't Have To Know The Language with him as an extra treat.
See it and figure out for yourself what was in those "papers" that the world was better off in blissful ignorance of.
The Road pictures always had a usual pattern of songs. A ballad for Crosby, a ballad for Lamour, and some patter songs for Crosby and Hope. Crosby sings one of his nicest ballads with But Beautiful. Hope and Crosby do Appalachicola, Fla and Dottie does an unforgettable version of Experience accompanied by Hope playing a bubble blowing trumpet.
Bing Crosby's most frequent singing partners were the Andrews Sisters on record. They did enough material to fill more than three of those old fashioned vinyl LPs. But their only appearance in a movie with Bing is here and they sing You Don't Have To Know The Language with him as an extra treat.
See it and figure out for yourself what was in those "papers" that the world was better off in blissful ignorance of.
- bkoganbing
- May 1, 2004
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Der Weg nach Rio
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- Gross US & Canada
- $4,500,000
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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