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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Slapstick Violence Movie Release: 1962 DVD Release: 12/03/2002 Format: DVD - Black and White,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 32 mins Studio: MGM Total Copies: 1 Genres: Comedy, Musical, Adventure Comedy, Buddy Film

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. In this road to Hong Kong and parts far beyond, Chester and Harry (Hope and Crosby) are a couple of failed vaudeville stars looking for a way to riches in the confidence game. Chester's memory goes kaputz, and the two end up involved with Diane (Joan Collins), a spy looking for a secret formula, and a bunch of hoodlums who plan on sending up a rocket to the moon with special equipment allowing them to rule the planet earth. The pair of heroes gets caught in the rocket instead of the originally intended monkeys, and the monkey business continues in outer space -- where it seems to be all along. In this mixed collage of events, several stars pop up in cameo roles: Peter Sellers, Dean Martin, David Niven, Frank Sinatra among them. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Bing Crosby - Harry Turner
Bob Hope - Chester Babcock
Joan Collins - Diane
Dorothy Lamour - Herself
Walter Gotell - Dr. Zorbb
Robert Morley - The Leader

The Bob Hope/Bing Crosby film The Road to Hong Kong comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.66:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. There are no supplemental materials, making this MGM/UA release difficult to recommend to anyone who is not already a fan of this famed screen duo. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide