Son of Paleface

1952
Approved
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

2.6K

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Jane Russell, Bob Hope, Roy Rogers, and Trigger in Son of Paleface (1952)

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Classical Western Comedy Western

Junior Potter returns to claim his father's gold, which is nowhere to be found. "Mike" is the luscious head of a gang of thieves, and Roy Barton is the federal marshal hot on her trail.Junior Potter returns to claim his father's gold, which is nowhere to be found. "Mike" is the luscious head of a gang of thieves, and Roy Barton is the federal marshal hot on her trail.Junior Potter returns to claim his father's gold, which is nowhere to be found. "Mike" is the luscious head of a gang of thieves, and Roy Barton is the federal marshal hot on her trail.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

2.6K

YOUR RATING

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

Trigger, Roy Barton's Horse
(as Trigger Smartest Horse in the Movies)

Bill Williams

Kirk

Lloyd Corrigan

Doc Lovejoy

Paul E. Burns

Ebenezer Hawkins

Douglass Dumbrille

Sheriff McIntyre

Harry von Zell

Mr. Stoner
(as Harry Von Zell)

Iron Eyes Cody

Chief Yellow Cloud

William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Blacksmith
(as Wee Willie Davis)

Charles Cooley

Charley
(as Charley Cooley)

Carl Andre

Pedro
(uncredited)

Gordon Armitage

Townsman
(uncredited)

Joanne Arnold

Dance Hall Girl
(uncredited)

Oliver Blake

Telegraph Clerk
(uncredited)

Phil Bloom

Townsman
(uncredited)

Wally Boyle

Perkins
(uncredited)

Director
- Frank Tashlin
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Trivia
Frank Tashlin wanted to direct this film because he disliked Norman Z. McLeod's direction of The Paleface (1948) for which he wrote the script.

Goofs
After Roy Rogers completes his visit with the governor on the stage coach, Roy climbs out on top the coach and catches a limb from a tree. As he is hanging there he whistles for Trigger. When Trigger comes out from behind a bush, you can see the leg's of a person who was holding Trigger behind the bush until Roy called.

Quotes
Peter 'Junior' Potter Jr.: [Potter is talking to Mike in the saloon]
Peter 'Junior' Potter Jr.: Now about that cellar...
Roy Barton: Excuse me.
Peter 'Junior' Potter Jr.: You're excused.
Roy Barton: I'm talking to the lady.
Peter 'Junior' Potter Jr.: Who do you think I'm talking to, a duck?
Mike 'The Torch' Delroy: Let the man talk.
Peter 'Junior' Potter Jr.: We don't need him.

Crazy credits
8 Beautiful Girlies 8, count 'em! as The Dirty Shame Rockettes.

Connections
Edited into Your Afternoon Movie: The Son of Paleface (2023)

Soundtracks
Buttons and Bows
by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Sung by Bob Hope, Roy Rogers and Jane Russell (uncredited)

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Featured review

8/10

Another Trip West for Old Scoop Nose

Federal Agent Roy Rogers is on the trail of a mysterious bandit known as The Torch and little does he suspect at first that The Torch is that powerful piece of pulchritude, Jane Russell.

Of course gumming up his investigation is tenderfoot Bob Hope, who is the son of famous frontier scout Paleface Potter. Hope's not inherited much from his father's side. Therein lies a lot of the comedy in Son of Paleface.

The original Paleface film had the Academy Award winning song Buttons and Bows. This one has a whole load of musical numbers in it, better to utilize the talents of the three stars. One of them, Am I in Love was nominated for the Academy Award that year, but lost to Three Coins in the Fountain.

Best scenes in Son of Paleface involve the smartest horse in the west, Trigger, constantly outsmarting Hope. Well if Bing Crosby could constantly do it in every Road picture.................