Road to Rio Road to Rio Road to Rio is a 1947 American semi-musical comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. Written by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose, the film is about two inept vaudevillians who stow away on a Brazilian-bound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter. "Road to Rio" was the fifth of the ""Road to …"" series. Scat Sweeney and Hot Lips Barton, two out-of-work musicians, travel the United States trying to find work and stay away from
Road to Bali (album) the song. Bing sang it on four occasions on his GE show with various female partners. TRACK 10 – The Road to Bali It has been said that this song was intended to be a part of an extended scene in the film but this was cut leaving the song to be heard over the opening credits. Again, it is surprising that Decca recorded it for commercial release. Bing and Bob did their best! TRACK 11 – The Merry-Go-Run-Around In "Road to Bali", Bing and Bob essayed this with Dorothy Lamour but Dottie was not a Decca artist so Peggy