Road to Singapore

Two carefree friends and shipmates, Josh Mallon (Bing Crosby) and Ace Lannigan (Bob Hope), swear off romantic entanglements…until trouble finds them. After scandal disrupts Josh’s engagement and causes chaos aboard their ship, they escape to avoid their problems, hopping from Hawaii onward to a mythical island called Kaigoon near Bali. There they rescue Mima (Dorothy Lamour), a beautiful dancer, from her abusive partner Caesar (Anthony Quinn); she moves in with them and quickly takes charge of their lives. Both Josh and Ace fall for her, leading to comic conflict. When Josh’s wealthy father and fiancée arrive to retrieve him, Mima must choose—initially siding with Ace, she later sees Josh is truly loved. As tensions peak, Ace is falsely accused of being there illegally and is arrested. He escapes, and both he and Mima flee—only for Ace to realize Mima’s heart truly belongs with Josh, leading to a bittersweet farewell.