
Calamity Jane(1953)
Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.


“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.

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
The Paleface is a comedy, western film released in 1948 exploring themes of dentist, calamity jane. Directed by Norman Z. McLeod, it stars Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Robert Armstrong. 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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