The 1942 film "Road to Morocco" is one of the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby "Road" comedies. The pair survive a shipwreck off the coast of Morocco and land in the "Arabian Nights" city of Karameesh where they have many comical adventures while pursuing princess Dorothy Lamour. At the beginning of the film the two men are sitting in a life raft on the ocean. Bing pulls out a Buffalo nickel and asks Bob for the coin's date and Bob replies "1910." Bing then tells him it is "1911." Actual US Indian Head or Buffalo nickels were minted from 1913 to 1938.

Jeff Peters (Bing Crosby) and Orville Jackson (Bob Hope), sometimes called "Turkey", are sitting in a life raft on the ocean after the ship which they stowed away on caught fire and sank. Jeff blames Orville for smoking a cigarette next to the ship's "powder room" or explosives room.

Jeff warns Orville: "Well, Junior, we gotta face it. We may be days and days and days without seeing a ship or land. We're gonna get hungry - might hungry."

Orville replies: "What do you mean, get hungry?" and Jeff says "We'll toss a coin."

Jeff then pulls out a nickel.

The coin is hard to see and identify. The film later identifies the coin as a Buffalo nickel. Jeff catches it and then asks Orville "What's the date?" Orville replies "1911" and Jeff replies "pretty close, 1910."

"Well, that's the way it goes - somebody loses, somebody wins."

Orville replies " Okay, so you win the nickel. See if you can find any white meat on that buffalo." This line identifies the coin as a Buffalo nickel.

Jeff makes a remark about two men in a similar situation where one man made a "sacrifice." There are a few more jokes about cannibalism and then they see land in the distance. Jeff carries Orville to the beach and drops him. The two find a camel and start riding it. They pass a sign.

Of course the road sign is also the title of the movie. They soon arrive at Karameesh.

The men have no money but sit down at a restaurant. Jeff leaves and then returns with some cash.

The bills are standard Mexican Revolution motion picture stage or prop bills.
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Jeff tells Orville that he has sold him as a slave and Orville is taken away by some men. Jeff sees the ghost of their Aunt Lucy (Bob Hope in drag) who tells him to take care of Orville and that Orville is in the palace. Jeff sneaks into the palace and finds Orville.

The court astrologer Hyder Khan has told Princess Shalmar (Dorothy Lamour) that the stars say she is to marry Orville. Mullay Kasim (Anthony Quinn) is an Arabian sheik and a rejected lover of Shalmar. He arrives at the palace and with the princess find the astrologer.

The astrologer admits to making a mistake. Sheik Kasim has his men kidnap Orville, Jeff, the princess, and her maid Mihirmah (Dona Drake). Kasim brings the two women to his headquarters in the desert and Orville and Jeff follow them on foot.

After some more comedy the two men and two women escape and are then shown on a ship sailing to New York City.

Jeff has the Princess and Orville has Mihirmah. Jeff goes to smoke a cigarette, and again, next to the ship's powder room.

The New York skyline then appears.

Bing Crosby as Jeff Peters
Bob Hope as Orville Jackson
Vladimir Sokoloff as Hyder Khan
Dorothy Lamour as Princess Shalmar
Anthony Quinn as Mullay Kasim
Dona Drake as Mihirmah
Director: David Butler
Writers: Frank Butler, Don Hartman