Road Show (1941) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1941 · 87 mins · English

Directed by

Hal Roach

Starring

Adolphe Menjou, George E. Stone, Florence Bates, Patsy Kelly, Willie Best, Shemp Howard

Rich playboy Drogo Gaines faces a forced marriage to a gold‑digging woman and pretends to be insane to avoid it. He awakens in a chaotic asylum populated by humorous lunatics, where he teams up with the eccentric Colonel Carraway. Together they break out, hitch a ride with a striking blonde who turns out to be Penguin Moore, the carnival’s owner.