Claim: Road to Rio is a 1947 American semimusical comedy film that Norman McLeod (an American film director, cartoonist, and writer) got turned down to direct, and had a budget only in the thousands.
Evidence: Road to Rio is a 1947 American semimusical comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. $2.4 million