The film features cameo appearances from stars including peter sellers, dean martin, frank sinatra and david niven. Harry turner bing crosby and chester babcock bob hope are flimflam artists. Spy diane joan collins mistakes babcock for her contact and gives him the formula for rocket fuel stolen from russia. Traveling shysters harry turner bing crosby and chester. The road to hong kong original soundtrack album discogs. Spt codistributed the film on television for a short time after a sonyled partnership bought mgm. 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 is a 1962 film about a pair of con men who get mixed up in international intrigue. All the songs were written by jimmy van heusen music and.
The road to hong kong michael whitty 20160614 the last of the bob hopebing crosby road pictures was a decent comedy entertainment with our heroes getting mixedup with villains who want to send them. 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. Together with the dense development and difficult terrain, it imposes a constant challenge to the. As a way of creating the illusion of an old film, as well as an. Its directed by norman panama and panama cowrites the screenplay with melvin frank.
Plot pitches hope and crosby in the middle of a mistaken identity scenario. The roads and highways are generally designed to british standards. The hong kong kowloon film festival will showcase number of feature films and short films. Hope and crosby are con men who get involved accidentally with international spies. 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. 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, wi. The following are incomplete lists of notable motorways, tunnels, bridges, roads, avenues, streets, crescents, squares and bazaars in hong kong many roads on the hong kong island conform to the contours of the hill landscape. Aitken and inghams book redresses the matter, and goes a long way to making the forgotten heritage of hong kong documentary present and vital. Zhuangzi tests his wife 19, the first hong kong narrative film. Sign in deleted video deleted video cantonese prank by smile squad.
The road to hong kong is a soundtrack album issued by liberty records no. In addition, unlike the other road films, hong kong was a. The boys play their usual itinerant outofwork vaudevilliancon men. Road to utopia 1946 road to rio 1947 road to bali 1952 the road to hong kong 1962. 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.
For too long hong kong documentary has itself constituted a kind of structuring absence within the regions cinema a mode of politicallyengaged filmmaking apparently truant from hong kong film history. Hong kong, there really is no other place like it on the planet. The road to hong kong is a 1962 comedy film directed by norman panama, starring bing crosby, bob hope, joan collins and a dorothy lamour cameo. Check out what these wellknown local residents have to say about what they love most about hong kong. This 1996 work juxtaposes the opaque future of hong kong after its handover to china with the mixed feelings of a person traveling in its streets. Ironically, hong kong, the first of the road pics to make it onto bluray, is also the weakest. Exvaudeville con men bing crosby, bob hope meet spy woman joan collins in moonshot. The bride with white hair 1993 behind the scenes look at the making of ronny yus classic. 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. The road to hong kong was the last and least of the hopecrosby road pictures but that still made this a funny movie. My 17yearold son watched this blackandwhite comedy with me and was surprised to hear. 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. Each film we designate as an official selection will receive a highresolution.
The road to hong kong 1962 720p bing crosby, 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. My 17yearold son watched this blackandwhite comedy with me and was surprised to hear that. The work is a cyber letter to the forthcoming generation, a generation that can conceive of freedom of communication and expression through the innovative world of cyberspace. Spt codistributed the film on television for a short time after a sony led partnership bought mgm. 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.
The road to hong kong 1962 cast and crew moviefone. No, and the other was the road to hong kong, the last road picture with bing crosby, bob. The meaning of the chinese title is set off to the world, which gives a sense of the start of a journey to different parts of the global, experiencing different cultures and customs of. The final road film, the road to hong kong, was released through united artists, which still owns it via its sister company metrogoldwynmayer. The road to hong kong, dvd, mono sound, comedyclassic, 887090091701. Complete your sammy cahn and jimmy van heusen robert farnon collection. The road to hong kong is the seventh and final film in the road to series of films starring bing crosby and bob hope. The road to hong kong photos view all photos 4 movie info. Despite an industry crisis starting in the mid1990s and hong kongs return to chinese sovereignty in july 1997, hong kong film has retained much of its distinctive identity and continues to play a prominent part on the world cinema stage. With bing crosby, bob hope, joan collins, robert morley. The show aired for three seasons between 2006 and 2008. Hong kongs roads are among the most heavily used in the world.
Vulgaria directed by pang hocheung, hong kong 2012 englishsubtitled trailer by thirdwindowfilms. The road to hong kong times movie tickets fandango. Theres some spy stuff thrown in to update the duo, some space stuff, very 60s, but get your granddad to wear his pants under his waist and a hoodie and youve got more laffs right in your own living room. 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 is a 1962 comedy film directed by norman panama, starring bing crosby, bob hope, joan collins and a dorothy. Luo yusheng returns to his home village in north china for the funeral of his father, the village teacher. He finds his elderly mother insisting that all the traditional burial customs be observed. The road to hong kong from the road to hong kong artist sammy cahn.
Bob hope, and dorothy lamour for an eighth road film, road to the fountain of youth. The road to hong kong 1962 the movie database tmdb. Sammy cahn and jimmy van heusen robert farnon discogs. For decades, hong kong was the third largest motion picture industry in the world after indian cinema and hollywood and the second largest exporter. Belgium flemish title alternative transliteration ruimtevaarders tegen wil en dank. The leader is a stuffy villain who wishes to control the. In this film, a couple of hasbeen vaudevillians get mixed up in a spy ring. In this road to hong kong and parts far beyond, chester and harry hope and. The road to hong kong is the last of bing crosby and bob hopes road pictures. Music is by robert farnon and cinematography is by jack hildyard. Regardless of whether its killer style, tantalising bites, the great outdoors or family fun you are after, hong kong has it all. Hong kong soon became a tourist trap, more than ever.
The road to hong kong pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released the road to hong kong pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie. Some of the roads on the north side of hong kong island and southern kowloon have a grid like pattern. The road to bali was lamentable, but this one simply reeks. Entered into the 2017 hong kong asian film festival. See how these urban pastimes are pursued with a passion in hong kong. 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. The road to hong kong 1962 720p bing crosby, bob hope, joan. See the full list of the road to hong kong cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. 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.
The road to hong kong, bing crosby, bob hope, 1962 full film. Watch road to hong kong now on your favorite device. No, and the other was the road to hong kong, the last road picture with bing crosby, bob hope, and dorothy lamour. Its a laughalong rollercoaster with bing crosby and bob. This is the only road film ive not seen, loved spotting the cameos of dino, frank, peter and dorothy. The film was released on january 12, 1952, by paramount pictures. What the lighthouse will look like on various formats for streaming is hard to imagine. Ronald cheng, dayo wong, fala chen, sharon hsu, sam lee, michael wong. In 1962 bing crosby and bob hope hit the road one last time in road to hong kong. The road to hong kong 1962 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Six days before crosbys death george burns made a highlysuccessful comeback with oh, god. The very next day bing crosby died from a heart attack.
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