His angel with the two pistols
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | His angel with the two pistols |
| Original title | The Paleface |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1948 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Norman Z. McLeod |
| script |
Edmund L. Hartmann Frank Tashlin |
| production | Robert L. Welch |
| music | Victor Young |
| camera | Ray Rennahan |
| cut | Ellsworth Hoagland |
| occupation | |
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The Paleface is a US-based Western comedy from director Norman Z. McLeod from the year 1948 with Jane Russell and Bob Hope in the lead roles.
action
Calamity Jane is taken out of jail and given by the governor to dig up a gang of smugglers who illegally sell weapons to the Indians. If this is successful, you will be given freedom. As a camouflage, she is supposed to receive a secret agent as a man, who is shot by the arms smugglers before the meeting.
In order to be able to continue playing her role as a wife, she ensnares Peter Potter, known as Dr. Painless who is a simple dentist and treats people with his own laughing gas. She meets him when she has to flee from bandits in a bathroom. The bandits are killed by Jane. The bandits who follow, however, see Potter as the alleged perpetrator, as he is just leaving in his car, as he fears the revenge of a patient from whom he has pulled the wrong tooth. Jane joins Potter and they both move on in a waggon when they are attacked by Indians.
The fearful Potter becomes a celebrated hero by fending off the attack and killing 11 (or 12 or 13 .. the number gets higher and higher as the film progresses), even though his wife actually saved everyone. He becomes the target of the bandits who are also traveling in the trek, who now see their suspicion that he is a federal agent confirmed. Jane leaves Potter on arrival to meet her contact person in town. Frustrated, Potter gets new clothes and appears in town as a boastful gunslinger. The bandits use the opportunity to ensnare the barmaid of the saloon Potter and thus incite her jealous friend on Potter. In an open duel on the street, Calamity Jane Potter saves life without him noticing and returns to him because she needs him as bait. The Indians finally take control of Calamity Jane and Potter. Out of respect for the great warrior, Potter is said to suffer a gruesome death by being torn by two trees. Since he loses his boots through the swing, Potter is thrown away and is thus free. Potter brings up all his courage and sneaks back to the Indian camp in the costume of the medicine man to save Jane. He is unaware that the medicine man has since been banned because he was blamed for the unsuccessful torture. In the meantime, the bandits have also arrived at the Indian camp to deliver weapons and dynamite. Before he is tied to the torture stake next to Jane, Potter can distribute some of the black powder in the Indian camp, which ignites when the Indians want to set fire to the two. In the chaos, the two escape and incapacitate the bandits.
Of course, Jane has now actually fallen in love with Potter and is marrying him.
Reviews
"Fresh, carefree western parody that delivers amusing, sometimes over-the-top entertainment."
background
The script, on which Jack Rose , Monte Brice, Barney Dean and Melville Shavelson also worked, was based on an idea by Edmund L. Hartmann and Frank Tashlin .
Paramount brought the film to the German movie theaters in 1950. In this synchronized version, which is still in use today, Bob Hope got the voice of Bum Krüger .
In 1952, Pale Face Junior was a sequel to the western directed by Frank Tashlin . A remake of the film was released in 1968 by director Alan Rafkin under the title The Shakiest Gun in the West .
Award
- 1949 : Oscar for Jay Livingston and Ray Evans and their song Buttons and Bows in the "Best Movie Song" category
literature
- Joe Hembus : The Western Lexicon - Extended new edition by Benjamin Hembus - 1567 films from 1894 to today . Heyne Film Library No. 32/207, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag Munich, original edition 1995, ISBN 3-453-08121-8 .
Web links
- The Paleface in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ His angel with the two pistols. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .