Rating: NR
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 11/21/2000
Dubbed: English
Sound: 1
Run Time: 95 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: BCI, a Navarre Corporation Company
A sequel to
Bob Hope's 1948 box-office success
The Paleface, 1952's
Son of Paleface is a superior product in every way, thanks largely to the spirited, creative direction of
Frank Tashlin. Hope is cast as Junior Potter, a Harvard-educated dude who heads West to claim the inheritance left him by his gunslinger father. Much to his chagrin, Junior discovers that his dad has left him nothing but debts. To stave off Potter Sr.'s angry creditors, Junior pretends that his father has salted away a fortune somewhere in the hills. This arouses the attention of curvaceous saloon owner Mike (
Jane Russell), who doubles as a mysterious masked bandit known as The Torch. Meanwhile,
Roy Rogers (playing a federal agent named Roy Rogers) keeps tabs on Junior, hoping that he'll lead him to The Torch and her gang. True to form, ex-cartoonist Tashlin fills the screen with a wealth of inventive sight gags and inside jokes:
Cecil B. DeMille shows up as a photographer in one scene, while in another, Hope, about to embark on the film's wild climactic chase sequence, shoos away a couple of vultures wearing bibs, warning them that "You'll make the whole thing look impossible." Our favorite scenes: Hope's
Wile E. Coyote-like reaction to a particularly potent drink, and his bedroom scene with Roy Rogers' wonder horse
Trigger. And don't forget the film's slightly risque punch line "Let's see them top
that on television," (you have to be there). Songs in
Son of Paleface include "You Are My Valley of Sunshine," "Four-Legged Friend," "Wing Ding Tonight," "What A Dirty Shame," and a reprise of
The Paleface's Oscar-winning "Buttons and Bows," performed by Hope, Russell and Rogers.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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A Superior Comedy Western Sequel.
Bob Hope and Jane Russell are reunited in this sequel to Hope's 1948 blockbuster hit, and this time, they're joined by the King of the Cowboys, Roy Rogers. Hope plays the Harvard-bred offspring of his original character, "Painless" Peter Potter, who travels out west to claim his late father's inheritance, and later, he winds up falling head over heels for a beautiful gold robber (Russell). All three stars are joined in a chorus of the Oscar-winning song, Buttons and Bows. With Bill Williams, Lloyd Corrigan, Douglass Dumbrille, Iron Eyes Cody, Harry von Zell, Paul E. Burns, William "Wee Willie" Davis, and Charley Cooley.
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