The Paleface

Dec 17, 1948

1h 31m

★ 6.1

Like Merry Xmas and Happy New Year...They belong together!

Overview

Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Peter Potter, who finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity as she fights off outlaws and Indians.

Genres

Comedy

Western

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

The Paleface Trailers

Cast

'Painless' Peter Potter

Bob Hope

Calamity Jane

Jane Russell

Terris

Robert Armstrong

Pepper

Iris Adrian

Toby Preston

Bobby Watson

Jasper Martin

Jackie Searl

Indian Scout

Joseph Vitale

Gov. Johnson

Charles Trowbridge

Hank Billings

Clem Bevans

Big Joe

Jeff York

Commissioner Emerson

Stanley Andrews

Jeb

Wade Crosby

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