The Paleface

The Paleface

91 mins | Comedy, Western | Dec. 17, 1948

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.

The Paleface

91 mins | Comedy, Western | Dec. 17, 1948

The Paleface
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Paramount
Original title The Paleface
Directors Ralph Axness, Alvin Ganzer, Norman Z. McLeod
Writers Edmund L. Hartmann, Frank Tashlin

Cast

Bob Hope

as 'Painless' Peter Potter

Jane Russell

as Calamity Jane

Robert Armstrong

as Terris

Iris Adrian

as Pepper

Bobby Watson

as Toby Preston

Jackie Searl

as Jasper Martin

Joseph Vitale

as Indian Scout

Charles Trowbridge

as Gov. Johnson

Clem Bevans

as Hank Billings

Jeff York

as Big Joe

Stanley Andrews

as Commissioner Emerson

Wade Crosby

as Jeb

Chief Yowlachie

as Chief Yellow Feather

Iron Eyes Cody

as Chief Iron Eyes

John Maxwell

as Village gossip

Tom Kennedy

as Bartender

Henry Brandon

as Wapato (medicine man)

Francis McDonald

as Lance (as Francis J. McDonald)

Frank Hagney

as Greg

Skelton Knaggs

as Pete

Olin Howland

as Jonathan Sloane, undertaker

George Chandler

as Patient #1

Nestor Paiva

as Patient #2

Rolando Barrera

as Indian (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

as Dealer