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.
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2 films
Cast
27 people
Bob Hope
'Painless' Peter Potter
Known for
The Ghost Breakers
The Cat and the Canary
Jane Russell
Calamity Jane
Known for
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Outlaw
Robert Armstrong
Terris
Known for
King Kong
The Most Dangerous Game
Iris Adrian
Pepper
Known for
The Odd Couple
The Love Bug
Bobby Watson
Toby Preston
Also in
Nazty Nuisance
The Hitler Gang
Jackie Searl
Jasper Martin
Known for
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Joseph Vitale
Indian Scout
Also in
Road to Rio
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Charles Trowbridge
Gov. Johnson
Known for
The Mummy's Hand
Sergeant York
Clem Bevans
Hank Billings
Known for
Saboteur
Harvey
Jeff York
Big Joe
Known for
Old Yeller
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Stanley Andrews
Commissioner Emerson
Known for
Superman and the Mole Men
Meet John Doe
Wade Crosby
Jeb
Known for
The Hitch-Hiker
Norman Z. McLeod Director · Frank Tashlin Screenplay Edmund L. Hartmann Screenplay
Worldwide gross $4.5M · Budget $2M · United States release December 24, 1948
Box office
Budget
$2,000,000
Worldwide gross
$4,500,000
Gross vs. budget
2.3×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · December 17, 1948
Theatrical
United States · December 24, 1948
Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 24, 1948 · Theatrical
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