---
title: 'The Paleface (1948)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Norman Z. McLeod'
released: '1948-12-24'
runtime_minutes: 91
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-paleface-1948'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040679/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Paleface (1948)

1948 · 91 min · Comedy, Western · United States


## Synopsis

The Paleface is a 1948 American comedy Western film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bob Hope as "Painless Potter" and Jane Russell as Calamity Jane. In the movie, Hope sings the song "Buttons and Bows". The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song that year.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Norman Z. McLeod](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-z-mcleod)
- **Screenplay:** [Frank Tashlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-tashlin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Victor Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-young)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ray Rennahan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-rennahan)
- **Editor:** [Ellsworth Hoagland](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellsworth-hoagland)

## Cast

- [Wade Crosby](https://cinepixo.com/people/wade-crosby)
- [Bobby Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bobby-watson-2)
- [Harry Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-harvey)
- [Charles Trowbridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-trowbridge)
- [Nestor Paiva](https://cinepixo.com/people/nestor-paiva)
- [Arthur Space](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-space)
- [Chief Yowlachie](https://cinepixo.com/people/chief-yowlachie)
- [Bobby Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bobby-watson)
- [Clem Bevans](https://cinepixo.com/people/clem-bevans)
- [Bob Hope](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-hope)
- [Houseley Stevenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/houseley-stevenson)
- [Skelton Knaggs](https://cinepixo.com/people/skelton-knaggs)
- [Stanley Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-andrews)
- [Iris Adrian](https://cinepixo.com/people/iris-adrian)
- [Robert Armstrong](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-armstrong)

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