Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Peter Potter, who finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity as she fights off outlaws and Indians.
Acting
Hope's cowardice shtick never gets old, Russell's deadpan delivery
Costume
Russell's wardrobe doing heavy lifting, literally engineered for impact
Director
Norman Z. McLeod
Bob Hope
'Painless' Peter Potter
Jane Russell
Calamity Jane
Robert Armstrong
Terris
Iris Adrian
Pepper
Bobby Watson
Toby Preston
Jackie Searl
Jasper Martin
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
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jane Russell was under contract to Howard Hughes, who famously engineered her 'cantilever' bra for this role—though she apparently never actually wore it on set.
Hope broke the fourth wall constantly, a radical move in 1948 that influenced everything from Mel Brooks to Deadpool.
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