Buddy comedy

Road to Morocco (1942), starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Anthony Quinn, Dona Drake

in Road to Morocco, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby are stowaway shipwreck survivors. They paddle to a North African shore and hitch a camel ride across the desert to Morocco. In order to buy food, Jeff sells Orville into slavery. What a good friend. But Orville’s owner turns out to be the beautiful Princess Shalmar (Dorothy Lamour), who quickly offers to become his wife. Unfortunately, the true reason for the Princess’s proposal soon becomes clear. Her prophet has warned that her first husband will meet a violent death within days of their marriage! Once Bob’s dead, she plans to marry her true love (Anthony Quinn). But the best-laid plans of mice and princesses oft go astray …