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Road to Utopia ()

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Two vaudeville flops pose as bad guys and join the Klondike gold rush with a saloon singer.
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Duke Johnson
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Chester Hooton
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Sal Van Hoyden
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Kate
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Ace Larson
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LeBec (as Jack LaRue)
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Sperry
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McGurk
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Narrator
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George Anderson ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Joe - Official at Ship (uncredited)
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Bartender (uncredited)
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Second Newsboy (uncredited)
Carmella Bergstrom ...
Woman (uncredited)
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Bear (uncredited) (voice)
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Show Spectator (uncredited)
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Man in Saloon (uncredited)
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Show Spectator (uncredited)
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Ship Captain (uncredited)
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Man in Top Hat (uncredited)
Ken Carpenter ...
Trailer Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
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Man on boat to Alaska (uncredited)
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Amateur Contestant Banjo Player (uncredited)
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Prospector (uncredited)
Larry Daniels ...
Ringleader (uncredited)
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Official Policeman (uncredited)
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Ringleader of Henchmen (uncredited)
Edward Emerson ...
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
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Amateur Contest Contestant (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
Maxine Fife ...
Girl (uncredited)
Art Foster ...
Husky Sailor (uncredited)
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Man at Zambini's (uncredited)
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Bear (uncredited)
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Henchman with Ace at Bar (uncredited)
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Prospector (uncredited)
Bud Harrison ...
Man at Zambini's (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Man at Zambini's (uncredited)
Claire James ...
Girl (uncredited)
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Ship Passenger (uncredited)
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Prospector (uncredited)
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Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
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Prospector (uncredited)
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Head Purser (uncredited)
Jimmy Lono ...
Eskimo (uncredited)
Jack Low ...
Henchman (uncredited)
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Sailor Reporting to Head Purser (uncredited)
Thomas Martin ...
Chester & Sal's Butler (uncredited)
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Ship Passenger (uncredited)
George McKay ...
Waiter (uncredited)
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Tall Boat Passenger (uncredited)
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Bartender (uncredited)
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Santa Claus (uncredited)
Al Murphy ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Ship Passenger (uncredited)
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Tough Ship's Purser (uncredited)
Joyce Norman ...
Girl (uncredited)
Anton Northpole ...
Show Spectator (uncredited)
Gerald Pierce ...
First Newsboy (uncredited)
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Amateur Contest Violinist (uncredited)
Allen Pomeroy ...
Henchman (uncredited)
John Rice ...
Henchman (uncredited)
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Hotel Manager (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Lombardi - Spitting Passenger (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall ...
Prospector (uncredited)
Jack Shea ...
Departing Ship Passenger (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
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Husky Sailor (uncredited)
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Henchman (uncredited)
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Prospector (uncredited)
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Collins - Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
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Henchman in Saloon (uncredited)
Selene Walters ...
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Pat West ...
Bartender (uncredited)
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Official Policeman (uncredited)
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Mr. Latimer (uncredited)

Directed by

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Hal Walker

Written by

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Norman Panama ... (original screenplay) &
Melvin Frank ... (original screenplay)

Produced by

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Buddy G. DeSylva ... executive producer (uncredited)
Paul Jones ... producer

Music by

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Leigh Harline

Cinematography by

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Lionel Lindon ... director of photography

Editorial Department

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Stuart Gilmore ... editorial supervisor

Art Direction by

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Roland Anderson
Hans Dreier

Set Decoration by

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George Sawley

Costume Design by

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Edith Head

Makeup Department

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Wally Westmore ... makeup supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Charles C. Coleman ... unit director (uncredited)
Alvin Ganzer ... assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Hugo Grenzbach ... sound recordist
Philip Wisdom ... sound recordist

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Barney Wolff ... special effects (uncredited)

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Farciot Edouart ... process photography
Gordon Jennings ... special photographic effects
Ivyl Burks ... miniatures (uncredited)
Jan Domela ... matte paintings (uncredited)
Loyal Griggs ... process photography assistant (uncredited)
Devereaux Jennings ... miniatures (uncredited)
Paul K. Lerpae ... special photographic effects assistant (uncredited)
Irmin Roberts ... matte paintings (uncredited)

Stunts

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Fred Graham ... stunts (uncredited)
Allen Pomeroy ... stunts (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Neal Beckner ... second camera operator (uncredited)

Animation Department

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Jerry Fairbanks ... animator

Music Department

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Robert Emmett Dolan ... conductor: musical numbers
Joseph J. Lilley ... vocal arranger
Charles Bradshaw ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Gil Grau ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Joel Moss ... music mixer (uncredited)
George Parrish ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Heinz Roemheld ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Leo Shuken ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Philip Wisdom ... music mixer (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Daniel Dare ... dances stager (as Danny Dare)
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Plot Summary

At the turn of the century, Duke and Chester, two vaudeville performers, go to Alaska to make their fortune. On the ship to Skagway, they find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been stolen by McGurk and Sperry, a couple of thugs. They disguise themselves as McGurk and Sperry to get off the ship. Meanwhile, Sal Van Hoyden is in Alaska to try and recover the map; it had been her father's. She falls in with Ace Larson, who wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke and Chester, McGurk and Sperry, Ace and his henchmen, and Sal, chase each other all over the countryside, trying to get the map. Written by John Oswalt

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Taglines IT'S A SLEIGH RIDE OF HILARITY...WITH BING, BOB & DOTTY! (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Tower Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - September 6, 1946 - all caps) See more »
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Also Known As
  • En route pour l'Alaska (France)
  • Ruta a Utopia (Spain)
  • 2 iloista merimiestä Alaskassa (Finland)
  • Der Weg nach Utopia (West Germany)
  • I cercatori d'oro (Italy)
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  • 90 min
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Trivia Bob Hope recalled that during the scene where he and Bing Crosby were bedding down beside their cabin in the Klondike, they were to be joined by a bear. They were told that the bear was tame and its trainer would always be nearby. Against their better judgment they went along with it. However, when the cameras started filming, the bear ambled over to Hope and, instead of lying down next to him like it was supposed to, the animal sniffed him and started growling. Hope and Crosby immediately stopped the scene and refused to work with the bear any longer, despite the trainer's protestations that it was tame and harmless. The next day the bear attacked its trainer and tore his arm off. See more »
Goofs The right arm of the person holding the talking fish is visible. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Paramount Presents (1974). See more »
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Crazy Credits Narrator Robert Benchley credits himself orally in a precredit sequence. See more »
Quotes [Duke loses a talent show to a trained monkey]
Chester Hooton: [to Duke] Next time I bring Sinatra.
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