The Paleface
Overview
"Paleface" features Bob Hope in what is considered by many to be his best film role. He plays a cowardly dentist who hides behind the skirts of beautiful Calamity Jane (Jane Russell). Academy Awards: Best Song ("Buttons and Bows").
Awards:
1948 - Academy Awards - Best Original Song - Winner
Main Cast & Crew:
Norman Z. McLeod - Director
Bob Hope
Jane Russell
Marilyn Monroe & Jane Russell
Robert Armstrong
Iris Adrian
Robert Watson
Jackie Searl
Joseph Vitale
Charles Trowbridge
Clem Bevans
Details
- Format: Blu-ray (Special Edition)
- Run Time: 91
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 738329248055
- Genre: COMEDIES
- Rating: Not Rated
- Release Date: July 2020
Movie Reviews
Synopsis:
Western spoof about cowardly dentist "Painless" Peter Potter who is drawn into a Government operation to track down gun smugglers when he falls for beautiful gunfighter Calamity Jane.
Notes:
Stars Bob Hope and Jane Russell reappeared in the Frank Tashlin-directed sequel, "Son of Paleface" (1952).
Remade with Don Knotts in 1968 as "The Shakiest Gun in the West."
Additional cast: Jeff York (Joe), Wade Crosby (Jeb), John Maxwell (Village Gossip), Frank Hagney (Greg), and Skelton Knaggs (Pete).
Filmed in Technicolor.
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