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The Paleface

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The Paleface

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A timid dentist is mistaken for a sharp-shooting gunfighter by famous cowgirl Calamity Jane and finds himself forced to help her outwit a gang of desperadoes. Chaos ensues as he attempts to live up to someone else's reputation. Western spoof, starring Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Robert Armstrong, Iris Adrian, Bobby Watson, Jackie Searl, Joseph Vitale and Charles Trowbridge

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Tom Vallance

This is one of Bob Hope's most popular films, in which he plays a correspondence school-qualified dentist meeting up with sharpshooter Jane Russell (as Calamity Jane) out west. At the time known primarily for the scandal surrounding her film The Outlaw, Russell proved here that she could handle droll comedy, and Hope provides a lively mix of wisecracks and slapstick. The film has fun spoofing the western genre and includes the Oscar-winning song by Livingston and Evans, Buttons and Bows. It was Hope's biggest box-office hit and very entertaining, though it is one of the rare cases where the sequel Son of Paleface, made in 1952, is even better.

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rolename"Painless" Peter PotterBob HopeCalamity JaneJane RussellTerrisRobert ArmstrongPepperIris AdrianToby PrestonBobby WatsonJasper MartinJackie SearleIndian scoutJoseph VitaleGovernor JohnsonCharles TrowbridgeHank BillingsClem BevansJoeJeff YorkFirst patientGeorge ChandlerSecond patientNestor Paiva

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rolenameDirectorNorman Z McLeod

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Theatrical distributor

Paramount Film Service Ltd

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English

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