The Paleface Page #2

Synopsis: Someone is selling guns to the Indians and in order to find the culprit Calamity Jane and a secret agent go undercover posing as man and wife. When the agent is killed Jane recruits a new husband -- none other than innocent dupe "Painless" Peter Potter, a totally inept dentist and confirmed coward who's main goal is to leave the barbaric west far behind. When their wagon train is attacked by the Indians it's Jane's sharpshooting that saves the day, but she gives the credit to Potter making him an instant hero to the townspeople and instant target to both the Indians and the gunrunners.
Director(s): Norman Z. McLeod
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
NOT RATED
Year:
1948
91 min
186 Views


the shooting.

It's Lance! He's still alive.

Anybody got any whiskey?

Dad's got some.

Yeah, here.

Lance.

Doc, get up!

Get up!

Say, I must be running out of

customers. I'm pullin' my own teeth.

Oh, get up, Doc, hurry!

They're shootin' upstairs! Huh?

Come on and do something! Shootin'?

I'll do something all right.

I'm outta here. I'm goin' back east where men

may not be men but they're not corpses either.

I've had enough.

Don't give

your right names.

Warm up, kids.

We're movin' again.

Federal agent

joinin'...

wagon train,

Buffalo Flats.

Giddyap.

Get me out of this.

Ha!

Hey. Wait, I've been chased by women

before but not while I was awake.

I'll take over now! Yeah, you drive

a while. Who wants to watch the road?

I'm gonna join that wagon train.

Come on! Head 'em any way you like.

What am I sayin'? That's Indian

country. You're not afraid of Indians?

It's not the Indians, it's their

attitudes. They're hatchet happy.

I'm headin' back home, Washington,

D.C. I'm gonna join that wagon train.

You can't join 'em

without a wagon.

Make up your mind.

Are you going with me?

You got yourself

a traveling companion.

Keep traveling.

Boy, can you kiss!

Sorry I had to do that, son,

but this is a big job.

There's a wagon train going

west. You'll both join it.

Hunter will pose

as your husband.

It's not speed that we're

interested in, it's secrecy.

As man and wife, you'll be lost

in the crowd on that wagon train.

You wouldn't let a girl go on

a wagon train alone, would you?

Painless, you're just the man

I've been hoping to meet.

Painless, there's something

about you that appeals to me.

Wake up, stupid.

I'm proposing to you.

I'm in love with you.

I said,

I'm in love with you.

And I want to marry you.

Come on.

What's goin' on? Why,

sure, I'll marry you, dear.

Huh?

I knew the moment your lips touched

mine that we were meant for each other.

Oh, you did?

Let me hear you say it again.

Tell me you'll marry me.

Me?

Tell me you'll marry me.

The way you kiss,

how can I refuse?

I now pronounce you

man and wife.

The ring, please.

The wedding ring is a token of the

solemn vows you have just taken.

This ring is a symbol of your

affection, sincerity and fidelity.

Ah! At last. And now, the kiss.

Not me, you fool!

Her!

Well, howdy, folks. Welcome.

Uh, what's your handle?

Mr. And Mrs. Painless

Peter Potter. I'm Mr.

Glad to have you with us. Yeah,

just make yourselves to home, folks.

Oh, thank you.

I'll unhitch the horses

and then we can... talk?

Well, I'll unhitch

the horses.

Come on, lets play

hide-and-seek.

Hey,Jimmy, where are ya?

Here I am!

Look!

What are you tryin' to do?

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