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The Paleface

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The Paleface
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1hr 31min
Genres:
Comedy,Western
Released:
January 1, 1948
Director:
Norman Z. McLeod
Distributor:
Universal Studios
Starring:
Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Robert Armstrong  ...more
Synopsis: Bob Hope's Technicolor western spoof The Paleface was one of the comedian's biggest box-office hits. Hope plays Painless Potter, a hopelessly inept dentist who heads west to seek his fortune. Meanwhile, buxom female outlaw Calamity Jane (Jane Russell) is engaged in undercover work on behalf of the government, in the hopes of earning a pardon for her past crimes. Jane is on the lookout for notorious gun-runner Robert Armstrong. To put up an innocent front, Jane marries the befuddled Potter, then keeps ... Full Synopsis
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Dan Friedman, AMG Review
The great civic historian Otto Friedrich, in his study of Los Angeles in the 1940's, made a stunningly accurate analysis on the films of Bob Hope. All of Hope's movies, he wrote, revolve around the same three basic gags: the size of his nose, his innate cowardliness, and his complete ineptitude with women. With the exception of the ski beak, these truths are self-evident in The Paleface. Featuring ... Full Review
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Bob Hope
Painless Peter Potter
Jane Russell
Calamity Jane
Robert Armstrong
Terris
Iris Adrian
Pepper
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