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Paramount's most riotous "Road" show! - Road to Utopia
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Title: Road to Utopia

Release Date: 27 Feb 1946

Runtime: 1h 30m

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music

Director: Paramount Pictures

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures

Overview: While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke, Chester, the thugs, Ace and his henchman chase each other all over the countryside—for the map.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.6 (41 votes)

Cast

  • Duke Johnson: Bing Crosby
  • Chester Hooton: Bob Hope
  • Sal Van Hoyden: Dorothy Lamour
  • Kate: Hillary Brooke
  • Ace Larson: Douglass Dumbrille
  • LeBec: Jack La Rue
  • Sperry: Robert Barrat
  • McGurk: Nestor Paiva
  • Narrator: Robert Benchley
  • Townsman (uncredited): George Anderson
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