Bob and Bing Road Week: Road to Morocco

Howdy all and welcome to Day 3 of Bob and Bing Road Week. I apologize for the delay of this blog. Work, the impeding holiday and a date with my amazing girlfriend may have caused the blog to go a bit late but hopefully you will all forgive me. Heading back to the third of the "Road" movies and manages to bring our boys back into action, comedy and chasing after Dorothy Lamour. This is Road of Morocco.

Two humps and a camel.

Male Camel: This is the screwiest picture I was ever in.

Our picture opens with new announcements and a freighter exploded and all hands are accounted for except two unknown stowaways. Our travelling hobos Jeff Peters (Bing Crosby of Man on Fire, Alias Jesse James, The Road to Hong Kong and Robin and the 7 Hoods) and Orville "Turkey" Jackson (Bob Hope of Paleface, The Greatest Show on Earth, Road to Bali, Casanova's Big Night and The Seven Little Foys) are shipwrecked floating at sea. The duo arguing about whose idea it was to stowaway on the ship and it was Orville's idea to have a smoke in powder room creating the big bang. Spotting land from a ways off and paddle to shore before they are shark food. Turkey points out how Jeff made his promise to Aunt Lucy to keep him safe. They squabble with each other when a camel appears and gives the boys a lift.

Yowza, what a tomato!

No sooner are they in the city they are almost bowled over by a cadre of Arabs shooting rifles lead by the sheik Mullay Kasim (Anthony Quinn of Sinbad, the Sailor, Black Gold, Tycoon, Mask of the Avenger, The World in His Arms, The Brigand, Against All Flags, The Road and Fatal Desire) Destitute and starving, the boys stuff their faces and try to sneak out on the bill only to find out Jeff is flush with money and Turkey is irked finding out he was sold to a man for money. Jeff tells him he will be able to buy him back eventually when Turkey is back and carried off.

A week goes by and Jeff is on the trail to buy Turkey back but finds he was sold to yet another person. Jeff works his way to the royal palace and spots Turkey relaxing to a gaggle of beautiful girls dancing for the lovely Princess Shalmar (Dorothy Lamour of Tropic Holiday, Spawn of the North, St. Louis Blues, Man About Town, Disputed Passage, Road to Singapore and Johnny Apollo) who promised to the sheik but has fallen for Turkey and the madness and danger ensues. Up to the necks into trouble the boys better think quick how to get out of this one.

A few fun facts on our film. The scene where the camel spits in Bob Hope's face was not planned and Bing started cackling to fierce the director David Butler kept it in the final cut to the movie.

This is also the first movie to break the fourth wall (where a character speaks directly to audience). 

The US invasion of Morocco during World War II against the pro-Nazi force of France 2 days prior to the release of this movie.

But...but... Fez are cool.