Saw this one 4 or 5 years back and it was much funnier on that first viewing. Still, it's good harmless fun in the 40's style and features two classic tunes. Hope and Crosby wash ashore and kick off on the road to Morocco in a fairly entertaining first 20 minutes or so. Then things sag in the middle and pick up again toward the end. Paramount never was after winning awards with their road pictures but one wishes Hope and Crosby would have been given a more polished - and longer - script in which to do their thing. For all their screwy humor the series just comes across as a hastily produced mishmash of ideas and skits. Strictly meat and potatoes comedy. The potential was there to do so much more but Paramount at the time was just above a B Movie studio. As far as the performers Crosby is easily the most professional. More often than not Hope over-mugs and struggles to find the right timing. So many of his pictures without Crosby were abject failures. As much as I respect Bob Hope he was a far better radio/stage personality than he was a movie comedian. His USO performances during the war must have been something quite special. Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Lamour, and Dona Drake are just along for the camel ride so don't expect any scene stealing from them. Road to Morocco isn't the greatest movie you'll ever see but it will provide some worthwhile moments and a few chuckles.
Review of Road to Morocco
