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Norman Z. McLeod · 1947 · sea

The 1947 film, the most popular of the series, finds the two musicians stowing away on an ocean liner to Rio de Janeiro after accidentally burning down a carnival. On board and ashore they fall in with a hypnotised heiress and her sinister aunt, with the Andrews Sisters and plenty of Brazilian colour along for the ride.

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    New York

    Fleeing the carnival they burned down, the two musicians stow away on a liner bound for Brazil.

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    Rio de Janeiro

    In Rio they tangle with a beautiful heiress under a hypnotic spell and the wicked aunt determined to marry her off.

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Road to Rio Map: Norman Z. McLeod's Journey