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Bob Hope brings his own brand of laughing gas to the Wild West as a would-be "painless" dentist lassoed into marrying Jane Russell. She's a shapely outlaw turned undercover agent on the trail of some varmints selling guns to a hostile Indian tribe, and he's her unwitting cover. Hope cowers and cracks self-effacing jokes while bodies fall around him ("Brave men run in my family," he quips, then runs), but he's even funnier swaggering and sneering like a kid playing cowboy in a flamboyant costume apparently stolen from the Oklahoma! road show. The Paleface is one of his best films, and the unflappable Russell is a great match. Theme song "Buttons and Bows" (which Hope delivers with a clowning mock twang) won an Oscar®, and the 1948 film spawned a sequel (Son of Paleface, costarring Roy Rogers and Trigger) and a remake (The Shakiest Gun in the West with Don Knotts). --Sean Axmaker
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
"The Paleface"(48) is an excellent vehicle for that special brand of humour that Bob Hope brought to the screen. The film is an excellent comedy Western and a parody of the old West. The magnificent, but very serious "Red River" was released that same year. "The Paleface" would have made pleasant comedic distraction from this type of film.
The film was directed by Norman McLeod and stars Hope as the unfortunately named Peter "painless" Potter a correspondence dentist of very dubious skills. The well endowed Jane Russell appears as Calamity Jane who is sent West on a mission with another secret agent to try and expose gunrunners to the Indians. Unfortunately her partner who is posing as her husband is killed, so she has to find a new one and quick. Her choices are limited so she winds up married to the hapless and gullible Painless, who cannot quite believe his luck. On a wagon train out West they are attacked by Indians and Jane saves the day with some sharpshooting. She gives all the credit to Painless who's accurracy was somewhat less impressive. Suddenly he is a gun totin hero to the townsfolk. But unfortunately this has an unpleasant side effect in that he becomes a target both for Indians and gunrunners. Poor Painless. He just wants to escape this barbaric place. But will he do so with his scalp still intact?
There are plenty of good things about this film. We see Hope sing the very fetching "Buttons and Bows" which won an academy award for best song. Hope struts about parodying the tough gunslingers of the past with such comic lines as "Reach you varmints.....or I'll tatoo you all the hard way". Hope's comic delivery was always good and he demonstates this skill amply. It is generally considered that the films sequel "Son of Paleface", again starring Russell and Hope was an even better film. Having watched both I would agree with this. A 1967 remake starring Don Knotts called "The Shakiest Gun in the West" is very poor fare indeed.
Overall this is a very enjoyable comedy Western and is up there with the best of its type. I think of such films as "Destry Rides Again", "Along Came Jones" and its own sequel. A light hearted look at the Western. Highly recommended.
The film was directed by Norman McLeod and stars Hope as the unfortunately named Peter "painless" Potter a correspondence dentist of very dubious skills. The well endowed Jane Russell appears as Calamity Jane who is sent West on a mission with another secret agent to try and expose gunrunners to the Indians. Unfortunately her partner who is posing as her husband is killed, so she has to find a new one and quick. Her choices are limited so she winds up married to the hapless and gullible Painless, who cannot quite believe his luck. On a wagon train out West they are attacked by Indians and Jane saves the day with some sharpshooting. She gives all the credit to Painless who's accurracy was somewhat less impressive. Suddenly he is a gun totin hero to the townsfolk. But unfortunately this has an unpleasant side effect in that he becomes a target both for Indians and gunrunners. Poor Painless. He just wants to escape this barbaric place. But will he do so with his scalp still intact?
There are plenty of good things about this film. We see Hope sing the very fetching "Buttons and Bows" which won an academy award for best song. Hope struts about parodying the tough gunslingers of the past with such comic lines as "Reach you varmints.....or I'll tatoo you all the hard way". Hope's comic delivery was always good and he demonstates this skill amply. It is generally considered that the films sequel "Son of Paleface", again starring Russell and Hope was an even better film. Having watched both I would agree with this. A 1967 remake starring Don Knotts called "The Shakiest Gun in the West" is very poor fare indeed.
Overall this is a very enjoyable comedy Western and is up there with the best of its type. I think of such films as "Destry Rides Again", "Along Came Jones" and its own sequel. A light hearted look at the Western. Highly recommended.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If you like westrns an you have a funnybone this is for you. Hope is out of fashion now because of his right wing leanings later in life but see him at his youthful best here. His one liners are brilliantly delivered and his comedic talent undeniable. My kids (9 and 11) loved it!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Good old clean family fun is about the best way of describing this type of film with Bob Hope at his best playing alongside Jane Russell.Hope is "Painless" Potter a dentist who knows as much about dentistry as he does about gunfighting, but thinks he is a bit of a sharp-shooter when he manages to kill some indians and a jealous gunman but unbeknown to him, Jane Russell aka.Calamity Jane is the real one who is handy with a gun.
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Great entertainment.Wisecracking Bob Hope at his best.
I bought this for my 8 year old daughter & she really enjoyed it. Bob Hope was brilliant as the wisecracking dentist Painless Peter Potter. An excellent family film.
Published 22 days ago by A.G.
The Paleface DVD
Great classic comedy film with Bob Hope in one of his best performances.
If you'r feeling a little down, watch this film and I 'll guarantee you'll be laughing out loud.
If you'r feeling a little down, watch this film and I 'll guarantee you'll be laughing out loud.
Published 5 months ago by P. Jameson
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Published 12 months ago by J. Lovins
Still very, very funny
I could only remember this film from seeing it on TV, generally on a wet Suday afternoon, so when I saw it for sale I wondered if I should just remember thinking it was funny... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mountain lady
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i watched this film as a child and loved it!! and when i saw it in amazon i just had to buy it, i was laughing out loud, i thought it might not make me laugh now but it really did,... Read more
Published on 8 May 2010 by jackie taylor
Paleface
This is an exercise in nostalgia. My London grandmother took my mother and I to see this film on one of my holidays there. I was about five. Read more
Published on 2 Feb 2010 by P Doff
Hope springs eternal
This film I have always rated as one of my favourites having seen it when it was first released. Both Bob Hope and Jane Russell are at or nearly at their best and the rendition of... Read more
Published on 10 July 2009 by Dr. R. Hanson
An Excellent Vehicle for Hope's Humour.
"The Paleface"(48) is an excellent vehicle for that special brand of humour that Bob Hope brought to the screen. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2009 by Bob Salter
a bit boring
This film is a bit boring. Some of the sequences are drawn out and become tiresome. Its Bob Hope so what you get is Bob Hope! Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2009 by Alex da Silva
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