Filmed from December 1943 to March 1944, the film is the only Road to .. film without a real place in its title though Alaska with its gold mines is referred to as "Utopia" several times in the film.
In her autobiography, Dorothy Lamour said that the release of Road to Utopia may have been delayed by Paramount to not jeopardize the public's and Academy Awards committee's acceptance of Crosby as Best Actor for playing a priest in Going My Way [REF].