Review The Paleface (1948)

[High Plains Drifter]

 

[Elliot Thomas]

Bob Hope is in good form as cowardly dentist ‘Painless’ Peter Potter who meets up with, and then marries, sharp-shooter Calamity Jane. He then becomes (thanks to her quick draw) a celebrated gunslinger. Frank Tashlin’s inventive script is full of gags and allows Hope free rein; Jane Russell is also good as the wittily seductive and slyly deceitful Jane.