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title: "The Paleface: cast and crew"
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cast: 27
crew: 28
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# The Paleface (1948): cast and crew

27 cast and 28 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Bob Hope](https://film.one/person/bob-hope.md) as 'Painless' Peter Potter
- [Jane Russell](https://film.one/person/jane-russell.md) as Calamity Jane
- [Robert Armstrong](https://film.one/person/robert-armstrong.md) as Terris
- [Iris Adrian](https://film.one/person/iris-adrian.md) as Pepper
- [Bobby Watson](https://film.one/person/bobby-watson.md) as Toby Preston
- [Jackie Searl](https://film.one/person/jackie-searl.md) as Jasper Martin
- [Joseph Vitale](https://film.one/person/joseph-vitale.md) as Indian Scout
- [Charles Trowbridge](https://film.one/person/charles-trowbridge.md) as Gov. Johnson
- [Clem Bevans](https://film.one/person/clem-bevans.md) as Hank Billings
- [Jeff York](https://film.one/person/jeff-york.md) as Big Joe
- [Stanley Andrews](https://film.one/person/stanley-andrews.md) as Commissioner Emerson
- [Wade Crosby](https://film.one/person/wade-crosby.md) as Jeb
- [Chief Yowlachie](https://film.one/person/chief-yowlachie.md) as Chief Yellow Feather
- Iron Eyes Cody as Chief Iron Eyes
- [John Maxwell](https://film.one/person/john-maxwell-89658.md) as Village gossip
- Tom Kennedy as Bartender
- Henry Brandon as Wapato (medicine man)
- Francis McDonald as Lance (as Francis J. McDonald)
- [Frank Hagney](https://film.one/person/frank-hagney.md) as Greg
- Skelton Knaggs as Pete
- Olin Howland as Jonathan Sloane, undertaker
- [George Chandler](https://film.one/person/george-chandler.md) as Patient #1
- [Nestor Paiva](https://film.one/person/nestor-paiva.md) as Patient #2
- Rolando Barrera as Indian (uncredited)
- Bert Stevens as Dealer
- Ethel Bryant
- Russell Custer as Townsman (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Norman Z. McLeod](https://film.one/person/norman-z-mcleod.md): Director
- [Alvin Ganzer](https://film.one/person/alvin-ganzer.md): Assistant Director
- Michael D. Moore: Second Assistant Director
- Ralph Axness: Second Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Edmund Hartmann](https://film.one/person/edmund-l-hartmann.md): Screenplay
- [Frank Tashlin](https://film.one/person/frank-tashlin.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Robert L. Welch](https://film.one/person/robert-l-welch.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Ray Rennahan](https://film.one/person/ray-rennahan.md): Director of Photography
- Ed Henderson: Still Photographer

## Editing

- [Ellsworth Hoagland](https://film.one/person/ellsworth-hoagland.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Victor Young](https://film.one/person/victor-young.md): Original Music Composer
- Jay Livingston: Songs
- Ray Evans: Songs
- Gene Merritt: Sound Recordist
- John Cope: Sound Recordist

## Art

- Hans Dreier: Art Direction
- A. Earl Hedrick: Art Direction
- Sam Comer: Set Decoration
- Bertram C. Granger: Set Decoration

## Costume and make-up

- [Mary Kay Dodson](https://film.one/person/mary-kay-dodson.md): Costume Design
- [Gile Steele](https://film.one/person/gile-steele.md): Costume Design
- Wally Westmore: Makeup Supervisor
- Ed Fitzharris: Wardrobe Designer
- Frank Thayer: Makeup Artist

## Crew

- Billy Daniel: Choreographer
- [Jack Rose](https://film.one/person/jack-rose.md): Additional Dialogue
- [Gordon Jennings](https://film.one/person/gordon-jennings.md): Special Effects
- John Maxwell: Dialogue Coach

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