Road to Morocco is a 1942 Academy Award nominated comedy film about two fast-talking guys tossed up on a desert shore and sold into slavery to a beautiful princess. It is the third of the "Road to..." films and stars Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Anthony Quinn, and Dona Drake.
The film was written by Frank Butler and Don Hartman and directed by David Butler for Paramount Pictures.
It received Academy Award nominations for Best Sound Recording and Best Writing, Original Screenplay. In 1996, Road to Morocco was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Middle East expert Dr. Jack Shaheen of Southern Illinois University cites Road To Morocco as "one of the most stereotypical films ever to come out of Hollywood."
The film was topical as American troops landed in Morocco on 8 November 1942 during Operation Torch.
The film opens with a freighter at sea exploding and news announcements around the world. The cause of the explosion is a mystery, with all crew accounted for with the exception of two unidentified stowaways.
Jeff Peters (Bing Crosby) and Orville
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