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Release Date: 1962 Cast: Felix Aylmer, Dorothy Lamour, Alan Gifford, Peter Sellers, Bing Crosby, Joan Collins, Robert Morley, Walter Gotell, Zsa Zsa Gábor, Bob Hope
Categories: Movies, Buddy film, Adventure, Black-and-white, Action/Adventure, Comedy, Musical, Adventure Comedy The Road to Hong Kong (1962) starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Joan Collins, was the last in the long-running Road to … series and the only episode not produced by Paramount Pictures, though reference to the other films in the series are shown in Maurice Binder's opening title sequence. Norman Panama directed the movie.
Filming in England at Shepperton Studios, the regular "Road" picture stars Crosby and Hope returned for one last go, but the leading lady was now Joan Collins rather than Dorothy Lamour. Lamour did make a cameo appearance as herself late in the film. Other cameos are... MORE
The Road to Hong Kong (1962) starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Joan Collins, was the last in the long-running Road to … series and the only episode not produced by Paramount Pictures, though reference to the other films in the series are shown in Maurice Binder's opening title sequence. Norman Panama directed the movie.
Filming in England at Shepperton Studios, the regular "Road" picture stars Crosby and Hope returned for one last go, but the leading lady was now Joan Collins rather than Dorothy Lamour. Lamour did make a cameo appearance as herself late in the film. Other cameos are provided by David Niven, Peter Sellers, Roger Delgado, Jerry Colonna, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin.
Hope's character is named "Chester Babcock," an in joke because songwriter James Van Heusen was born Edward Chester Babcock. The lamasery where Hope goes to restore his memory is reused from Black Narcissus. Peter Sellers' appearance as an Indian physician involves extended interplay with Crosby and Hope.
In her autobiography, Lamour wrote that Crosby had felt her too old to be a leading lady, while Hope refused to do the film without her. Her extended cameo that featured her singing with Hope and LESS
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