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"Painless" Peter Potter
Calamity Jane
Terris
Pepper
Toby Preston
Jasper Martin
Critic Reviews for The Paleface
All Critics (10) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (10)
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Cheerful nonsense.
June 20, 2019 | Full Review… -
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April 24, 2004 | Rating: 4/5 -
Hope milks his coward routine for maximum impact; Russell is also terrific.
July 20, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
The plot is slender and silly, but Bob Hope and Jane Russell have some good moments in a comedy that was very popualar and led to an equally popular sequel.
February 14, 2011 | Rating: B- | Full Review… -
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July 30, 2005 | Rating: 3/5 -
Funny Hope western farce, but inferior to its sequel "Son of Paleface."
October 16, 2004 | Rating: 4/5
Audience Reviews for The Paleface
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Oct 12, 2018The comic idea is simply to subvert the familiar Western formula expected by audiences. Thus, Russell plays the tough one, the one good with guns, while Hope is the nervous Easterner out-of-his-depth out West, who couldn't hit the side of a barn if he was inside of it. There's a plot perhaps, but let's not get technical, this is a personality vehicle, riding on the stars' charisma. It's one of those where you imagine the cast had a good time making it, and that that might even be a better movie. Unfortunately ... the racism towards Native Americans is often more than distracting. Still, a good Hope movie, and Russell seems happy not to have the focus on her chest for a change. Look for Chief Iron Eyes Cody!Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
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Feb 07, 2015jane Russell digs in as calamity jane and bob hope blunders along as "Painless" the out of depth dentist in this maybe good for its time but now dated screwball comedySanity Assassin ! Super Reviewer
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Feb 26, 2009Alright I know I know but you just have to love theses schmooltsy wannabe westerns.....The singing was great and Russell was a seriously gorgeous laydee....Barry L Super Reviewer
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