

MovieComedyWestern
The Paleface
Like Merry Xmas and Happy New Year...They belong together!
6.1(82)19481h 31m
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.
- Director
- Norman Z. McLeod
- Writers
- Edmund L. Hartmann,Frank Tashlin
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Cast

Bob Hope
'Painless' Peter Potter

Jane Russell
Calamity Jane

Robert Armstrong
Terris

Iris Adrian
Pepper

Bobby Watson
Toby Preston

Jackie Searl
Jasper Martin

Joseph Vitale
Indian Scout

Charles Trowbridge
Gov. Johnson

Clem Bevans
Hank Billings

Jeff York
Big Joe

Stanley Andrews
Commissioner Emerson

Wade Crosby
Jeb

Chief Yowlachie
Chief Yellow Feather

Iron Eyes Cody
Chief Iron Eyes

John Maxwell
Village gossip

Tom Kennedy
Bartender

Henry Brandon
Wapato (medicine man)

Francis McDonald
Lance (as Francis J. McDonald)

Frank Hagney
Greg

Skelton Knaggs
Pete

Olin Howland
Jonathan Sloane, undertaker

George Chandler
Patient #1

Nestor Paiva
Patient #2
Rolando Barrera
Indian (uncredited)
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Crew
Directing
- Norman Z. McLeodDirector
- Alvin GanzerAssistant Director
- Michael D. MooreSecond Assistant Director
- Ralph AxnessSecond Assistant Director
Writing
- Edmund L. HartmannScreenplay
- Frank TashlinScreenplay
Production
- Robert L. WelchProducer
Camera
- Ray RennahanDirector of Photography
- Ed HendersonStill Photographer
Editing
- Ellsworth HoaglandEditor
Sound
- Jay LivingstonSongs
- Gene MerrittSound Recordist
- John CopeSound Recordist
- Victor YoungOriginal Music Composer
- Ray EvansSongs
Art
- Hans DreierArt Direction
- Sam ComerSet Decoration
- A. Earl HedrickArt Direction
- Bertram C. GrangerSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Mary Kay DodsonCostume Design
- Gile SteeleCostume Design
- Wally WestmoreMakeup Supervisor
- Ed FitzharrisWardrobe Designer
- Frank ThayerMakeup Artist
Crew
- Billy DanielChoreographer
- Jack RoseAdditional Dialogue
- Gordon JenningsSpecial Effects
- John MaxwellDialogue Coach