Road to Rio

“Take a New Year Cruise to Rio with the Screen's Top Laughter Trio!”

Scat Sweeney (Bing Crosby) and Hot Lips Barton (Bob Hope), two out-of-work musicians, flee a circus big top they have just set on fire and stow away on a ship bound for Rio. Aboard, they cross paths with Lucia (Dorothy Lamour), who first thanks them and then hands them over to the captain. Norman Z. McLeod keeps the fifth Road picture loose and quick, with the songs and the two leads' patter always close at hand.