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Calamity Jane (Jane Russell) is working undercover for the U.S. government, trying to capture a gunrunner named Terris (Robert Armstrong) in exchange for a pardon for her previous misdoings. But when Jane's partner is killed, she takes up with bumbling dentist "Painless" Peter Potter (Bob Hope) and passes him off as a gifted gunslinger. When Jane is captured by a tribe of Native Americans, however, Potter finds that he actually has to play the hero that Jane has painted him to be.
Original Release
12/17/1948
US Release
12/24/1948
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Directors
Writers
Edmund L. Hartmann, Frank Tashlin, Jack Rose, Monte Brice, Barney Dean, Melville Shavelson
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Tom Kennedy | Bartender |
Henry Brandon | Wapato (medicine man) |
Francis McDonald | Lance (as Francis J. McDonald) / Lance |
Frank Hagney | Greg |
Skelton Knaggs | Pete |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Robert L. Welch | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1949 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Won |