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The Paleface is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Norman Z. McLeod released in USA on 24 december 1948 with Bob Hope
The Paleface (1948)
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Add to a movie listThe Paleface is a 1948 Technicolor comedy Western directed by Norman Z. McLeod, starring Bob Hope as "Painless Potter" and Jane Russell as Calamity Jane. In the film, Hope sings the song "Buttons and Bows" (by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans), which became his greatest hit by far when it came to record sales. The song also won the Academy Award for Best Song that year.
The film had a sequel, Son of Paleface, in 1952. In 1968, Don Knotts remade the film as The Shakiest Gun in the West.
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Peter "Painless" Potter (Bob Hope) is a dentist of doubtful competence. Out west, after the partner of Calamity Jane (Jane Russell) is killed while trying to discover who's been illegally selling guns to Indians, the cowardly Painless ends up married to Jane, who needs to keep her true identity a secret.Actors
Bob Hope
('Painless' Peter Potter)
Jane Russell
(Calamity Jane)
Robert Armstrong
(Terris)
Iris Adrian
(Pepper)
Bobby Watson
(Toby Preston)
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