I can tell there are going to be parts in this film that i like a lot and some i don. Watch the road to hong kong full movie in hd visit movie 31804 bob hope and bing crosby return as con men chester babcock and har. Overview of the road to hong kong, 1962, directed by norman panama, with bing crosby, bob hope, joan collins, at turner classic movies. With bing crosby, bob hope, joan collins, robert morley. The hong kong kowloon film festival will showcase number of feature films and short films. The road to hong kong is the last of bing crosby and bob hopes road pictures. In addition, unlike the other road films, hong kong was a. The road to hong kong is a 1962 comedy film directed by norman panama, starring bing crosby, bob hope, joan collins and a dorothy. Instead of dorothy lamour, joan collins starred in this film. The road to hong kong 1962 the road to hong kong 1962.
The road to hong kong bob hope 1962 hong kong club. On the road in hong kong follow the adventures of as the team hits hong kong to handpick the most heavenly stays in the vibrant, vertical city. It is lined with shops and restaurants and throngs with visitors, and was known in the postworld war ii years as the golden mile, a name that is now rarely used. Its nice to have it to complete my collection, but probably wont watch it as. In this road to hong kong and parts far beyond, chester and harry hope and. For most of their teamups, hope and crosby played horny, savvy underdogs, but here theyre a couple of womanhating swells, who suffer a string of mishaps that land them on an exotic island, where theyre taken care of by a friendly native. Hong kong, there really is no other place like it on the planet. The construction of the eastern harbour crossing was completed in september 1989, it connects cha kwo ling on kowloon peninsula with quarry bay on hong kong island. Mielke author the formula for the road series followed a flimsy plot with adventurers crosby and hope caught in seemingly impossible situations they would defeat the bad guys usually utilizing the famous pattycake routine and vie with one. The road to hong kong is a soundtrack album issued by liberty records no. The road to hong kong 1962 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. I was 34 when i saw this movie then suddenly im 88 now. This was the last trip in the road comedies that bob hope, bing crosby, and a bevy of female stars that featured dorothy lamour once made famous. All the songs were written by jimmy van heusen music and.
Bing crosby and bob hope play con men who end up in space. After the club moved to its current location at 1 jackson road in 1897, the building turned into commercial use, the largest tenant was yee sang fat. Harry turner bing crosby and chester babcock bob hope are flimflam artists. For film set in hong kong and produced elsewhere see list of films set in hong kong. On the north shore, a dual threelane road runs from central to causeway bay and connects to the island eastern corridor, which is a dual threelane expressway, extends 9km eastward. To sort the wheat from the chaff, li cheukto of the hong kong international film festival society has handpicked the top 10 hong kong movies. Spt codistributed the film on television for a short time after a sonyled partnership bought mgm. Rent the road to hong kong 1962 on dvd and bluray dvd.
The film features cameo appearances from stars including peter sellers, dean martin, frank sinatra and. He died in 1977 on a golf course in spain, having just completed the 18th hole. Its directed by norman panama and panama cowrites the screenplay with melvin frank. Hope loses his memory but gains it back with enhancement. This was the last in the longrunning road to series and the only one not produced by paramount pictures, though references to the others in. The road to hong kong 1962 full movie download full hd. Crosby and hope play two smalltime scam artists who get tangled up with spies and supervillains in hong kong. The road to hong kong original soundtrack album discogs. Its nice to have it to complete my collection, but probably wont watch it as much. Hong kong movies are considered some of the best in the world and its not all about kungfu. Exvaudeville con men bing crosby, bob hope meet spy woman joan collins in moonshot. The stars did seven road pictures with maybe road to rio and road to morocco as the best ones.
No, and the other was the road to hong kong, the last road. In september 2017, there were over 762,000 vehicles on 2,107 kilometres of roads 442 on hong kong island, 472 in kowloon and 1,193 in the new territories. The road to hong kong 1962 the movie database tmdb. The road to hong kong is a 1962 british semimusical comedy film directed by norman panama and starring bing crosby and bob hope, as well as joan collins, with an extended cameo featuring dorothy lamour in the setting of hong kong under british rule. See the full list of the road to hong kong cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. In 1962 bing crosby and bob hope hit the road one last time in road to hong kong. Watch road to hong kong now on your favorite device. Complete your sammy cahn and jimmy van heusen robert farnon collection. The road to hong kong 1962 cast and crew moviefone. The series was a hit from the start, even though the first film 1940s road to singaporeis one of the weakest. Their costar in many of the road movies was actress dorothy lamour.
The road to hong kong is a 1962 british semimusical comedy film directed by norman panama and starring bing crosby and bob hope, as well as joan. The boys play their usual itinerant outofwork vaudevilliancon men. Traveling shysters harry turner bing crosby and chester. Final film in the long running road series is a sad mess, with feeble jokes and a dated formula that is not helped a halfcentury on by an appalling level of cultural. The road to hong kong 1962 with their vaudeville act going nowhere, harry turner bing crosby and chester babcock bob hope decide to become con artists except chester is having a few. The road to hong kong 1962 43041 road to hong kong, the bob hope. All the films below are widely available and can be purchased with english subtitles. Ashok kumar, b saroja devi, k n singh, omprakash, helen, babu rao, king kong.
Vulgaria directed by pang hocheung, hong kong 2012 englishsubtitled trailer by thirdwindowfilms. In may 1962, theatergoers saw two movies about the space race and secret organizations intent on world domination. Sammy cahn and jimmy van heusen robert farnon discogs. Together with the dense development and difficult terrain, it imposes a constant challenge to the. It starts on the southern part of kowloon at its junction with salisbury road. Zhuangzi tests his wife 19, the first hong kong narrative film 19091949. The road to hong kong, dvd, mono sound, comedyclassic, 887090091701. Music is by robert farnon and cinematography is by jack hildyard. The road to hong kong is the seventh and final film in the road to series of films starring bing crosby and bob hope. It had been ten years since their last road picture, road to bali the only one in the series shot in color and this time around they spoof the spy genre five months before dr. For their seventh and last entry, though, hope and crosby encountered joan collins as an evil foil instead of their usual companion, dorothy lamour who appears in a minor supporting role. Bing crosby biography birthday, trivia american actor.
Joan collins was given the female lead in this final road movie and dorothy lamour was given a small cameo appearance. The final road film, the road to hong kong, was released through united artists, which still owns it via its sister company metrogoldwynmayer. Bing crosby also became a film star, winning an oscar for his portrayal of a goodnatured priest in the 1944 movie going my way. The road to hong kong bob hope 1962 hong kong club, central in a rather weird use of stock footage, the hong kong club is used to establish a shot. I loved the opening song, it was very clever and quite welldone by hope and crosby. Bing crosby, bob hope, joan collins, robert morley, peter sellers. No, and the other was the road to hong kong, the last road picture with bing crosby, bob hope, and dorothy lamour. Mistaken identity and the acquisition of a rare tibetan herb put two buffoonish con men on the wrong side of a secret organization geared toward world domination. The leader is a stuffy villain who wishes to control the world by landing a spaceship on. In this film, a couple of hasbeen vaudevillians get mixed up in a spy ring. The film starred bing crosby, bob hope, joan collins and robert morley with cameos from frank sinatra, dean martin, dorothy lamour, peter sellers and david niven.
In may 1962, theatergoers saw two movies about the space race and secret. One of the most exciting directors in contemporary world cinema, wong karwai has refined a ravishing style reminiscent of a jazz musicians improvisational riffs. Roadtohongkong scanner internet archive html5 uploader 1. Hong kongs roads are among the most heavily used in the world. The road to hong kong 1962 directed by norman panama.
The road to hong kong 1962 and five other films between. The road to hong kong 1962 720p bing crosby, bob hope. Jackie chan sparks outcry in hong kong december 14, 2012 by ntdonchina. The road to singapore 1940, the road to hong kong 1962 and five other films between. Each film we designate as an official selection will receive a highresolution. Completed in 1846, the first building on the site was the first generation of the hong kong club. The road to hong kong is a 1962 film about a pair of con men who get mixed up in international intrigue. The road to hong kong 1962 720p bing crosby, bob hope, joan. Spy diane joan collins mistakes babcock for her contact and gives him the formula for rocket fuel stolen from russia. Rent the road to hong kong 1962 starring bing crosby and bob hope on dvd and bluray.
The road to hong kong 1962 bob hope and bing crosbys beloved road series arrived at a final destination with the road to hong kong 1962. Bing crosby wore this hat in the 1962 film the road to hong kong, the last of the seven film road to series starring himself and his longtime friend bob hope. The road to hong kong, bing crosby, bob hope, 1962 full film. Made ten years after the previous road movie, the road to hong kong is the last, and not the best, entry in bob hope and bing crosbys series of comedies. This is a list of films produced in hong kong ordered by decade and year of release in separate pages. The road to hong kong 1962 720p bing crosby, bob hope, joan collins. Final road to comedy flawed in that it mainly takes place in space, not hong kong. The leader is a stuffy villain who wishes to control the world by landing a spaceship on the moon. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. But being the last one made road to hong kong had a little more technical sense applied as they dealt with the beauty of joan collins and the usual fun of dorothy lamour. The road to hong kong bob hope 1962 kai tak airport, kowloon one of the most used establishing shots on hk set films is the footage of a plane landing at the old airport, and this film. The road to hong kong is a comical romp about a couple of con men who run into unexpected trouble after one of them loses his memory.
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