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1946 Certificate PG
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  • 70
  • from 323 members

Duke and Chester, two performers, head to Alaska to make their fortune. On the ship to Skagway, they find a map, stolen by McGurk and Sperry, which details the location of a secret goldmine. Disguised as the two thugs, they leave the ship and start their quest for the gold. But McGurk and Sperry are never too far behind... Read more

Starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
Director Hal Walker
Genres Comedy

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Road To Utopia

Duke and Chester, two performers, head to Alaska to make their fortune. On the ship to Skagway, they find a map, stolen by McGurk and Sperry, which details the location of a secret goldmine. Disguised as the two thugs, they leave the ship and start their quest for the gold. But McGurk and Sperry are never too far behind...

Starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
Director Hal Walker
Studio UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK
Run time DVD: 1 hr 26 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Subtitles DVD: None
Released DVD: 10 Jan 2005
Production year: 1946
Format DVD

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  • 4 stars out of 5

    Sadly, they really don't make them like this any more. Released 20 months after it was completed, this is among the best of a much-loved series, with Bing and Bob as down-at-heel entertainers posing as hardened prospectors in order to get their hands on a Klondike gold map. Told as an elongated flashback and blessed with a mocking commentary by Robert Benchley, the film contains a wealth of the insider gags that were a trademark of these freewheeling comedies. Complete with the obligatory squabble over Dorothy Lamour, talking animals and the familiar “pat-a-cake” fight sequence, the 90-minutes simply fly by.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • A typical Road movie (Utopia being Alaska), this has Lamour oscillating between Bob and Bing for possession of both... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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    Rated - 2 stars

    Old and Dated

    Would only be appreciated by fans of the Duo, but is a pretty poor sample of what they can actually enjoy of the Road Series, I could only give it to Two stars in relation to movie reviews.There are far better Road Films than this one

      • A customer from Wallasey. Wirral
      • Posted 23 Jul 2005 20:19

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  • 2 out of 4 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Old and Dated

    Would only be appreciated by fans of the Duo, but is a pretty poor sample of what they can actually enjoy of the Road Series, I could only give it to Two stars in relation to movie reviews.There are far better Road Films than this one

      • A customer from Wallasey. Wirral
      • Posted 23 Jul 2005 20:19

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