Hope and Crosby are a pair of vaudevillians working in Sydney, Australia, when they are run out of town by the fathers of some women whom the duo made off-handed promises to. With no other employment, they take jobs as divers for Vye, a South Seas type who sails them to an island where they meet Lamour, in her customary sarong. She's rich, and Vye wants to steal her treasure, but that's circumvented and Crosby winds up with Lamour as well as Jane Russell, in a cameo. The film features several good jokes, some strong physical comedy, and a number of cameo appearances, including a duet by Bogart and Hepburn as he hauls the "African Queen" through a swamp. Along the way, Hope and Crosby fight cannibals, a giant squid, crazed animals, and predatory women.

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Road to Bali (1952). USA. Color. Produced by: Paramount Pictures. Language: English Genre: Comedy / giant-squid Runtime: 91 min. Directed by Hal Walker. Cast (in alphabetical order): Michael Ansara.... Guard. Leon Askin.... Ramayana. Humphrey Bogart.... Cameo. Herman Cantor.... Priest. Sue Casey.... Handmaiden. Larry Chance.... Attendant. Leslie Charles (I).... Handmaiden. Jack Claus.... Specialty dancer. Peter Coe.... Gung. Jean Corbett.... Handmaiden. Harry Cording.... Verna's father. Bing Crosby.... George Cochran. Bob Crosby.... Himself. Pat Dane.... Handmaiden. Roy Gordon.... Eunice's father. Bernie Gozier.... Bo Kassar. Bob Hope.... Harold Gridley. Carolyn Jones (I).... Eunice. Jan Kayne.... Verna. Richard Keene.... Conductor. Al Kikume.... Warrior. Dorothy Lamour.... Princess Lala. Donald Lawton.... Employment agent. Bunny Lewbel.... Lalah - age seven. Jerry Lewis.... Cameo. Judith London.... Handmaiden. Dean Martin.... Cameo. Charles Mauu.... Warrior. Patti McKaye.... Handmaiden. Ralph Moody.... Bhoma Da. Allan Nixon.... Eunice's brother. Betty Onge.... Handmaiden. Satini Pualoa.... Warrior. Jane Russell.... Cameo. Kuka T. Tuitama.... Warrior. Murvyn Vye.... Ken Arok. Douglas Yorke.... Verna's brother. Written by Frank Butler, Hal Kanter, William Morrow, Harry Tugend(story). Cinematography by George Barnes (I). Music by Joseph J. Lilley. Costume Design by Edith Head. Film Editing by Archie Marshek. Produced by Daniel Dare, Harry Tugend. Other crew: Van Cleve.... orchestration. Sam Comer.... set decorator. John Cope.... sound. Ross Dowd.... set decorator. Russ Dowd.... set director. J. McMillan Johnson.... art director. Gene Merritt.... sound. Charles O'Curran.... choreographer. Hal Pereira.... art director. Wally Westmore.... make-up.