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There is a raid on a speakeasy. Policeman Thomas (Tom Moore) keeps Julia (Blanche Sweet) from being arrested. They get married, but she is soon drawn back to the other side of the law.

I don't know much about Blanche Sweet. She seems to be a brassy gal with good screen presence. Her sound era is short-lived with a few appearances later in life as she got rediscovered. One is never sure why one star stays and another goes. She is into her thirties and she wouldn't be the only one left behind by the Hollywood machine as she reaches this age. If television existed back in her day, she could have transition to that medium.

It's 1870's. Coconuts have become quite valuable for its oil. Capt. David Dion O'Keefe (Burt Lancaster) gets thrown overboard by his mutinous crew. He is rescued by locals on the isolated South Pacific island of Yap. It is already being harvested by Alfred Tetins under a German monopoly. Despite being overgrown with coconuts, he can't get much harvesting work from the locals.

I do know of the giant stone wheels used as currency in one South Pacific island. Apparently, this is based on a real guy. Despite all the plot points, I don't feel much drama from the proceedings. I don't really root for O'Keefe or his business. On the other hand, I'm not actively against any of this. I do love the various cultures and exotic locations. This is not hitting the heart strings.

Scat Sweeney (Bing Crosby) and Hot Lips Barton (Bob Hope) are a traveling vaudevillian team. More often than not, they are running from bad romantic entanglements. They stow away on a ship bound for Rio. They save passenger Lucia Maria de Andrade (Dorothy Lamour) from suicide. She seems grateful at first, but later turns on the boys. She's been hypnotized by her guardian Vail.

This is the fifth "Road to" movies with these intrepid trio. The easy chemistry between Bing and Bob is easy to see. I am never going to get all the references. I do have a few laughs and some enjoyment with the guys' easy charms. That's all one really needs from these movies.