The Road to Hong Kong (1962)

Director
Norman Panama

Main cast
Bing Crosby; Bob Hope; Joan Collins; Robert Morley; Walter Gotell

Genres
Comedy

Description
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby return as con men Chester Babcock and Harry Turner, in the last of their road movies. When Chester accidentally memorizes and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, they are thrust into international intrigue, trying to stay alive while keeping the formula out of enemy hands.


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