The Paleface

The Paleface

Like Merry Xmas and Happy New Year...They belong together!

1948 · 91 min · ★ 6.1 · Comedy, Western

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.

Directed by Norman Z. McLeod · Written by Edmund L. Hartmann

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