The Paleface (1948)

Directed by

Norman Z. McLeod

Genre

comedy film, Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

U

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 79 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A timid dentist named Painless Potter gets mixed up with the wild adventures of Calamity Jane. They find themselves in the Old West facing outlaws and comedic misunderstandings.

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What happens

The Paleface is a 1948 American comedy Western film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bob Hope as "Painless Potter" and Jane Russell as Calamity Jane. In the movie, Hope sings the song "Buttons and Bows" (by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans). The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song that year. The film had a sequel, which is written and directed this time around by its co-writer Frank Tashlin, called Son of Paleface, in 1952. In 1968, Don Knotts remade the film as The Shakiest Gun in the West. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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