The Road movies were always pretty jokey from the beginning, but things went up a notch with Road to Morocco, then the extra mile with this one. It starts with a joking introduction by Robert Bechley, then cuts to an elderly Hope and Lamour living together; they are visited by Bing Crosby, at which points it flashes back to the 1890s, the period so well covered by Mae West.“Utopia” is gold rush Alaska, where Bing and Bob wind up looking for their fortune. During the course of their adventures they sing songs which refer to their star personas, run into Santa, have a bit part actor from another movie walk through their movie, make gags about the censors, have Robert Benchley occasionally make comments, refer to the music score during a romantic scene, etc etc.
The stars are in delightful form and the gags are very strong; the plot has Bing and Bob be confused for some killers and get involved with shenanigans concerning a map. (Indeed the last portion of the film it gets quite plotty).
Risque ending where Lamour and Hope’s kid is revealed to look just like Crosby.
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