Road to Morocco

Road to Morocco


Paramount, 1942, B/W, 83 minutes, ***

Released November, 1942



Shipwreck survivors Bob Hope and Bing Crosby wind up on the Mediterranean coast and take a camel ride into a comedic Arabian Nights-style adventure, as the pair wind up fighting with desert warrior Anthony Quinn for princess Dorothy Lamour. Among the songs featured is the Crosby standard "Moonlight Becomes You."



Associate Producer: Paul Jones

Directed by: David Butler

Original Screen Play: Frank Butler and Don Hartman

Music Direction: Victor Young

Music Adviser: Arthur Franklin

Songs: Lyrics by Johnny Burke, Music by James Van Heusen

Dances Staged by: Paul Oscard

Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Robert Usher

Costumes: Edith Head

Makeup Artist: Wally Westmore

Sound Recording by: Earl Hayman and Walter Oberst

Director of Photography: William C. Mellor

Special Photographic Effects: Gordon Jennings

Process Photography: Farciot Edouart

Edited by: Irene Morra



Awards: Academy Award nominations for Best Sound Recording and Best Original Screenplay



Cast: Bing Crosby [Jeff Peters], Bob Hope [Turkey Jackson], Dorothy Lamour [Princess Shalmar], Anthony Quinn [Mullay Kasim], Dona Drake [Mihirmah], Mikhail Rasumny [Ahmed Fey], Vladimir Sokoloff [Hyder Khan], George Givot [Neb Jolla], Andrew Tombes [Oso Bucco], Leon Belasco [Yusef], Monte Blue, Jamiel Hasson [Aides to Mullay Kasim], Louise La Planche, Theo de Voe, Brooke Evans, Suzanne Ridgway, Yvonne De Carlo, Patsy Mace, Poppy Wilde [Handmaidens], George Lloyd, Sammy Stein [Guards], Ralph Penney [Arabian Waiter], Dan Seymour [Arabian Buyer], Peter Katchenaro [Philippine Announcer], Brandon Hurst [English Announcer], Richard Loo [Chinese Announcer], Leo Mostovoy [Russian Announcer], Victor Groves, Joe Jewett [Knife Dancers], Michael Mark [Arab Pottery Vendor], Nestor Paiva [Arab Sausage Vendor], Cy Kendall [Fruit Stand Proprietor], Stanley Price [Idiot], Robert Barron [Gigantic Bearded Arab], Rita Christiani [Specialty Dancer], Edward Emerson [Bystander], Sylvia Opert [Dancer], Blue Washington [Nubian Slave], Harry Cording, Dick Botiller [Warriors], Sara Berner [Voice of Female Camel], Kent Rogers [Voice of Male Camel]



Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:08] The Road to Morocco (sung by Bing Crosby and Bob Hope); [0:21] Ain't Got a Dime to My Name (Ho Ho Hum) (sung by Bing Crosby); [0:24] Constantly (sung by Dorothy Lamour); [0:34] Moonlight Becomes You (sung by Bing Crosby); [1:02] Moonlight Becomes You (sung by Dorothy Lamour, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby)