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efilmcritic.com - : 'The Road to Morocco' is pretty unusual in that it's the third of a franchise, yet superior to the first two, a trick rare and difficult to pull off. By now the two stars have firmly established their screen presence and status as born entertainers and the film seeks to push them to even funnier levels. more...
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4/5
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www.filmcritic.com - : Widely considered the best of Bing Crosby and Bob Hope's ''Road to...'' collaborations (this was #3 out of 7 in total), Road to Morocco is indeed a very funny movie that shows off Hope and Crosby at their best. Hope shines above all as the funnier of two wisecracking sailors who wash up ashore in Morocco, only to have Crosby sell Hope into slavery. (Yes, it's funny!) Only Hope turns out to be marrying a local princess... and then there's a nasty turn in store for both of them. It's a funny and dark look at friendship and love... and of course, any excuse to crack a joke. Watch for Hope doing double duty as Crosby's ghostly/dream-sequence aunt. more...
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4/5
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www.filmthreat.com - : I have to admit that I pretty much have always felt that either Bing Crosby or Pat Boone was the whitest guy in the history of the world. To Bing's credit he could actually sing and act, but there still never seemed to be much soul there. I was a kid when I heard that he used to beat his kids so I may hold some sort of subliminal grudge, but you really get the impression that when he heard what the Drifters did to ''White Christmas'' that he probably required a drink or two. more...
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4/5
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