Road to Singapore (1940) - Quotes

Romantic Allure of the Southern Seas

Taglines: Those Sun-bronzed Sirens of the Southern Seas weave a romantic spell around three great stars...Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Hope On the merry, tuneful, torrid "Road to Singapore.

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Road to Singapore - Taglines

Taglines: When BING and Bob meet Dot...those torrid tropics sure get hot! Together for the first time on screen, Bing and Bob, the aces of the airwaves, with lovely Dorothy Lamour in a riot of tropical rhythm and South Sea laughter

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Adventure Awaits in the South Seas

Taglines: Ready For Fun...Fight...or a South Seas Romance! They find them all on the...

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A Pact Against Women

Ace Lannigan: We've got to agree on something right now. No more women! No women of any kind, size, shape or color.

Josh Mallon V: Not even midgets!

Ace Lannigan: Why, if either of us looks at anything in a skirt, the other can clip his ears off and stuff em down his throat.

Josh Mallon V: And I hope you choke.

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Differing Approaches to Reasoning and Conflict

Joshua Mallon IV: I don't agree with you at all, Gloria. You've tried reasoning with him and got nowhere.

Gloria Wycott: But there are different degrees of reasoning. Your idea is to jump up and down and hit people with a baseball bat.

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A Solution for Unclaimed Lather

Colonna: HEY! WHAT AM I GONNA DO WITH ALL THIS LATHER?

Ace Lannigan: Keep it for thirty days. If nobody claims it, brother it's yours!

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Marriage Perspectives in a Changing World

Josh Mallon V: If the world was run right, only women'd get married.

Ace Lannigan: Yeah. Hey, could they do that?

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Political Jokes Amidst a Life-and-Death Situation

Ace Lannigan: [wrestling with a just caught marlin] Hey, he's still alive!

Josh Mallon V: He won't give up!

Ace Lannigan: He must be a Republican.

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Feeling Trapped in a Fishy Situation

Ace Lannigan: I need some air.

Josh Mallon V: The night air is bad for you junior, back in the net.

Ace Lannigan: Yeah, now I know how a salmon feels.

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The Illusion of Freedom in Life's Circus

Joshua Mallon IV: You seem to think the world is just some sort of a three-ring circus, and all you've got to do is to run around and have fun!

Josh Mallon V: What's wrong with that?

Joshua Mallon IV: The world won't let you - that's what's wrong with that.

Josh Mallon V: You mean the Mallons won't let me.

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Conflicting Perspectives on Adventure and Responsibility

Joshua Mallon IV: Now look here, Josh, I'd like to sit on a coral reef and play a ukulele myself. But, we are Mallons.

Gloria Wycott: Charming view. I imagine on a clear day, one could see the cannibals eating a missionary!

Gordon Wycott: You've got to bring him back on his hands and knees, even if you have to break his neck to do it.

Expressing Extreme Hunger Humorously

Joshua Mallon IV: Oh, I'm famished! I'm so hungry my spare tire's deflated. Well, pretty near.

Platinum Blonde on a White Horse

Ace Lannigan: Look at that! Just like a platinum blonde riding a white horse through a flock of swans.

A Playful Remark on Facial Hair

Ace Lannigan: Is that your mustache? Tell me, does your chest ever get jealous of your upper lip? Ah, a might pretty thing. A mighty pretty thing.

Deception and Vulnerability in Relationships

Ace Lannigan: Your engagement? Why you double-crossin', moonstruck pushover. Gloria hits you with a little billin and cooin and - bang - you're a dead pigeon, huh?