The Paleface
Like Merry Xmas and Happy New Year...They belong together!
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
- Signature
- Craft · Humour · Tension
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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.
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- Release date
- Dec 17, 1948
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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