The Paleface

Status:
Released
Production:
Paramount Pictures
Aired:
1948-12-17
The Paleface
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.
Comedy
Western
Characters

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)

Bert Stevens
Dealer
Ethel Bryant
Russell Custer
Townsman (uncredited)