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At the turn of the century, Duke Johnson and Chester Hooton perform a vaudeville act that ends with a police raid. Duke wants to head for Alaska, Chester prefers New York, and after Duke cheats him out of money Chester chases him onto the ship bound for Skagway, where the two work for their passage. While tidying a stateroom, Chester comes upon a map showing a secret gold mine. Two thugs, McGurk and Sperry, step in behind them; Duke and Chester overpower the pair and put on their beards to leave the vessel. In Alaska, Sal van Hoyden tells Ace Larson, who owns the Last Chance dance hall, that the map belonged to her father. Larson promises to look after the matter and hires her to sing, which upsets his girlfriend Kate.
Cast
- George Andersonas Townsman (uncredited)
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- Carmella Bergstromas Woman (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Road to Utopia (1945)
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- Dorothy Lamour wrote in her autobiography that Paramount may have held up the release of Road to Utopia for fear it would hurt the public's and the Academy Awards committee's acceptance of Bing Crosby playing a priest in Going My Way; Crosby won the 1944 Best Actor Oscar for that role.
- Road to Utopia is the only film in the "Road to ..." series without a real place in its title, Alaska's gold mines are called "Utopia", and the only one not set in modern times; the cast was made up to look older to frame the flashback.
- The song "Personality" outgrew the film: Bing Crosby never sang it in Road to Utopia, yet his Decca recording reached No. 9 on the Billboard charts, while Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers took the song to No. 1 and Dinah Shore's version also charted.
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