The Paleface (1948)

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1h 31min
Comedy, Family
17 Dec 1948 (Australia)
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Calamity Jane is dispatched to find out who's smuggling rifles to the Indians, and winds up married to a hapless correspondence-school dentist as part of her cover.

Director:

Norman Z. McLeod

Writers:

Stars:

Awards:

Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 nominations.
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Still of Bob Hope (I), Stanley Blystone, Bob Kortman and Jeff York (I) in The Paleface (1948)

Still of Jane Russell (I) in The Paleface (1948)

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	Bob Hope	...	'Painless' Peter Potter
	Jane Russell	...	Calamity Jane
	Robert Armstrong	...	Terris
	Iris Adrian	...	Pepper
	Bobby Watson	...	Toby Preston (as Robert Watson)
	Jackie Searl	...	Jasper Martin (as Jack Searl)
	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
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Dorothy Abbott	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Eric Alden	...	Bob (uncredited)
	Fred Aldrich	...	Barfly (uncredited)
	Carl Andre	...	Horseman (uncredited)
	Billy Andrews	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Trevor Bardette	...	Governor's Horseman (uncredited)
	Rolando Barrera	...	Indian (uncredited)
	Hall Bartlett	...	Handsome Cowboy (uncredited)
	Arthur Berkeley	...	Townsman (uncredited)
	Oliver Blake	...	Cowboy Advising 'Aim to West' (uncredited)
	Lee Blanchard	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Stanley Blystone	...	Saloon Patron Restraining Joe (uncredited)
	Nick Borgani	...	Townsman (uncredited)
	Wally Boyle	...	Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
	John F. Bray	...	(uncredited)
	Al Bridge	...	Governor's Horseman (uncredited)
	George Bruggeman	...	Barfly (uncredited)
	Ethel Bryant	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Paul E. Burns	...	Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
	Nora Bush	...	Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
	Lane Chandler	...	Cowboy Advising 'Lean to Right' (uncredited)
	Noble 'Kid' Chissell	...	Townsman (uncredited)
	Sonny Chorre	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Michael Cirillo	...	Townsman (uncredited)
	Charles Cooley	...	Mr. X (uncredited)
	Laura Corbay	...	Guest (uncredited)
	Russell Custer	...	Townsman (uncredited)
	Edgar Dearing	...	Sheriff (uncredited)
	Paul Dunn	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Dick Elliott	...	Mayor (uncredited)
	Billy Engle	...	Pioneer (uncredited)
	Richard Farnsworth	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Margaret Field	...	Guest (uncredited)
	Milton Freibrun	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
	John George	...	Barfly (uncredited)
	Jody Gilbert	...	Woman in Bathhouse (uncredited)
	Marilyn Gladstone	...	B-Girl (uncredited)
	June Glory	...	B-Girl (uncredited)
	Ralph Gomez	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Dorothy Granger	...	Attendant at Bathhouse (uncredited)
	Chick Hannan	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Betty Hannon	...	B-Girl (uncredited)
	Aleth Hansen	...	Townsman (uncredited)
	Charmienne Harker	...	B-Girl (uncredited)
	Harry Harvey	...	Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
	Al Hill	...	Pioneer (uncredited)
	Earle Hodgins	...	Clem (uncredited)
	Jerry Hunter	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Jerry James	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Leroy Johnson	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Bob Kortman	...	Saloon Patron Restraining Joe (uncredited)
	Al Kunde	...	Townsman (uncredited)
	Dee La Nore	...	B-Girl (uncredited)
	Ethan Laidlaw	...	Terris' Henchman (uncredited)
	Walter Lawrence	...	Waiter (uncredited)
	Babe London	...	Woman on Wagon Train (uncredited)
	Ted Mapes	...	Horseman (uncredited)
	Kermit Maynard	...	Horseman (uncredited)
	Sharon McManus	...	Girl (uncredited)
	William Meader	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Robert Milasch	...	Barfly (uncredited)
	John 'Skins' Miller	...	Bellhop (uncredited)
	Tim Nelson	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Anton Northpole	...	Barfly (uncredited)
	Jack Perry	...	Barfly (uncredited)
	Eugene Persson	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
	John Roy	...	Waiter (uncredited)
	Syd Saylor	...	Cowboy Advising 'Stand on Toes' (uncredited)
	Rube Schaffer	...	Barfly (uncredited)
	Arthur Space	...	Zach (uncredited)
	Titus Spencer	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Bert Stevens	...	Dealer (uncredited)
	Houseley Stevenson	...	Pioneer (uncredited)
	Maria J. Tavares	...	B-Girl (uncredited)
	Kuka Tuima	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Loyal Underwood	...	Bearded Character (uncredited)
	Rudolph Valentino	...	Indian (uncredited)
	Dorothy Vernon	...	Townswoman (uncredited)
	Eleanore Vogel	...	Townswoman (uncredited)
	Annette Warren	...	Pepper (uncredited) (singingVoice)
	Blackie Whiteford	...	Stagecoach Shotgun Guard (uncredited)
	Ralph Willingham	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Harry Wilson	...	Cowboy in Saloon (uncredited)
	Duke York	...	Terris' Henchman (uncredited)

Directed by

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Norman Z. McLeod

Written by

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Edmund L. Hartmann	...	(original screenplay) (as Edmund Hartmann) and
Frank Tashlin	...	(original screenplay)

Jack Rose	...	(additional dialogue)

Monte Brice	...	() (uncredited)

Barney Dean	...	() (uncredited)

Melville Shavelson	...	() (uncredited)

Produced by

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Robert L. Welch

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producer

Music by

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Victor Young

Cinematography by

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Ray Rennahan

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director of photography

Editing by

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Ellsworth Hoagland

Editorial Department

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Monroe W. Burbank	...	associate color director: Technicolor
Natalie Kalmus	...	color director: Technicolor
Floyd Knudtson	...	assistant editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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Joe Egli

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Art Direction by

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Hans Dreier
A. Earl Hedrick	...	(as Earl Hedrick)

Set Decoration by

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Sam Comer
Bertram C. Granger	...	(as Bertram Granger)

Costume Design by

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Mary Kay Dodson

Makeup Department

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Wally Westmore	...	makeup supervisor
Charles Berner	...	makeup artist (uncredited)
Dean Cole	...	hair stylist (uncredited)
Gertrude Reade	...	hair stylist (uncredited)
Lavaughn Speer	...	hair stylist (uncredited)
Frank Thayer	...	makeup artist (uncredited)
William Woods	...	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Andrew J. Durkus	...	assistant production manager: second unit (uncredited)
Stanley Goldsmith	...	assistant production manager: second unit (uncredited)
R.L. Johnston	...	production manager (uncredited)
Charles Woolstenhulme	...	production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Alvin Ganzer	...	assistant director
Ralph Axness	...	second assistant director: second unit (uncredited)
Gordon Jennings	...	second unit director (uncredited)
Daniel McCauley	...	second assistant director (uncredited)
Richard McWhorter	...	first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)
Michael D. Moore	...	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Arthur Camp	...	property master (uncredited)
Charles Mason	...	assistant property master (uncredited)
Al Roelofs	...	assistant art director (uncredited)
John J. Thompson	...	property master: second unit (uncredited)

Sound Department

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John Cope	...	sound recordist
Gene Merritt	...	sound recordist
Tony Denocenzo	...	cable operator (uncredited)
Paul Franz	...	sound recordist (uncredited)
George Hamer	...	production sound mixer (uncredited)
John Smirch	...	boom grip (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Farciot Edouart	...	process photography
Gordon Jennings	...	special photographic effects
W. Wallace Kelley	...	transparencies camera (uncredited)

Stunts

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L. Greenhill	...	stunts (uncredited)
Don House	...	stunts (uncredited)
Hubie Kerns	...	stunts (uncredited)
Sharon Lucas	...	stunt double: Jane Russell (uncredited)
P. Moore	...	stunts (uncredited)
R. Morales	...	stunts (uncredited)
Buster Wiles	...	stunts (uncredited)
Willard W. Willingham	...	stunt double: Jane Russell (uncredited)
Henry Wills	...	stunt double: Bob Hope (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Archie R. Dalzell	...	camera operator (uncredited)
Ed Henderson	...	still photographer (uncredited)
Paul Hill	...	camera operator: Technicolor (uncredited)
Devereaux Jennings	...	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
W. Wallace Kelley	...	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
Howard Kelly	...	gaffer (uncredited)
Charles Leahy	...	assistant camera (uncredited)
Harry Marsh	...	camera operator: Technicolor (uncredited)
Erwin Newmeyer	...	key grip: second unit (uncredited)
Joe Schuster	...	electrician (uncredited)
Cliff Shirpser	...	assistant camera: Technicolor (uncredited)
Darrell Turnmire	...	grip (uncredited) / key grip (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Al Mann	...	casting: second unit (uncredited)
Edward R. Morse	...	casting: second unit (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Gile Steele	...	wardrobe: men
Ed Fitzharris	...	wardrobe (uncredited)
Grace Harris	...	wardrobe (uncredited)
Eugene Joseff	...	costume jeweller (uncredited)
Sam Levine	...	wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department

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Sidney Cutner	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
George Parrish	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Leo Shuken	...	orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Claire Behnke	...	script supervisor (uncredited)
Marvin Weldon	...	script supervisor: second unit (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Billy Daniel	...	choreographer (as Billy Daniels)
Joe De Yong	...	technical advisor (uncredited)
Josephine Earl	...	dance director (uncredited)
Len Hendry	...	dialogue coach (uncredited)
Bill Hurley	...	livestock supervisor (uncredited)
Al Jeremy	...	publicist (uncredited)
John Maxwell	...	dialogue coach (uncredited)

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Production Companies

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Paramount Pictures

Distributors

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Paramount Pictures (1948) (United States) (theatrical)
Paramount British Pictures (1948) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Paramount Film Service (1948) (Australia) (theatrical)
Paramount Film Service (1948) (Canada) (theatrical)
Skouras Films (1948) (Greece) (theatrical)
Central Motion Picture Exchange (1949) (Japan) (theatrical)
Film AB Paramount (1949) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Les Films Paramount (1949) (France) (theatrical)
Paramount Pictures (1949) (Norway) (theatrical)
Paramount Films (1950) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
Paramount Pictures (1952) (Argentina) (theatrical)
Paramount Pictures (1958) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) (United States) (tv)
Film AB Corona (1964) (Sweden) (theatrical) (re-release)
MCA Home Video (1985) (United States) (VHS)
MCA/Universal Home Video (2000) (United States) (VHS)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2002) (United States) (DVD)
Universal Studios Home Video (2002) (United States) (VHS)
Universal Pictures (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
Universal Pictures (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2010) (United States) (DVD) (Bob Hope: Thanks for the Memories Collection)
Kino Lorber Studio Classics (2020) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (2020) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (Western Comedy Collection)
Paramount Pictures (1950) (West Germany) (theatrical)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary	Someone is selling guns to the Indians and in order to find the culprit Calamity Jane and a secret agent go undercover posing as man and wife. When the agent is killed Jane recruits a new husband -- none other than innocent dupe "Painless" Peter Potter, a totally inept dentist and confirmed coward who's main goal is to leave the barbaric west far behind. When their wagon train is attacked by the Indians it's Jane's sharpshooting that saves the day, but she gives the credit to Potter making him an instant hero to the townspeople and instant target to both the Indians and the gunrunners. Written by A.L.Beneteau Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	comedy-of-errors misunderstanding punched-in-the-face marriage horse-and-wagon See All (145) »
Taglines	She can shoot a gun almost as fast as BOB can run ! See more »
Genres	Comedy Family Western
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:Atp Australia:PG Australia:G Canada:G (Ontario) Finland:S France:Tous publics Italy:T Japan:G Netherlands:14 Norway:16 Sweden:11 Sweden:15 United Kingdom:U United States:Approved United States:Passed (National Board of Review) West Germany:12 (nf)

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Also Known As	Visage pâle (France) Rostro pálido (Spain) Das Bleichgesicht (Austria) Viso pallido (Italy) Blegansigt (Denmark) See more »
Runtime	91 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Filming Locations	Paramount Ranch - 2813 Cornell Road, Agoura, California, USA See more »

Did You Know?

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Trivia	Until Blazing Saddles (1974) came out, this was the highest grossing western parody of all time. See more »
Goofs	When the gunrunners arrive in the Indian village they are seen to be travelling in a covered-wagon in one shot, and on an open buckboard covered with furs in the next shot. See more »
Movie Connections	Edited into The Paleface (2023). See more »
Soundtracks	Buttons and Bows See more »
Quotes	Potter: I've been chased by women before, but never when I was awake! See more »

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