Status
Released
original language
English
Budget
$ 0
Revenue
$ 0
Milford Farnsworth
Cora Lee Collins
Jesse James
Princess Irawanie
Frank James
Titus Queasley
'Ma' James
Tough #2 in Dirty Dog Saloon
James Gang Member
James Gang Member
James Gang Member
James Gang Member
Marshal Matt Dillon (uncredited)
Mortimer Hopelaw (uncredited)
Major Seth Adams (uncredited)
Dirty Dog Bartender (uncredited)
Charlie (uncredited)
2nd Indian on Train (uncredited)
Cowboy
Bing (uncredited)
Railroad Porter (uncredited)
Annie Oakley (uncredited)
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Dirty Dog Saloonkeeper (uncredited)
Conductor #2 (uncredited)
Barfly (uncredited)
Snake Brice (uncredited)
Conductor #1 (uncredited)
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Dirty Dog Tough (uncredited)
New York Bar Fight Fan (uncredited)
Wyatt Earp (uncredited)
Grigsby (uncredited)
Davy Crockett (uncredited)
Angel's Rest Sheriff (uncredited)
Roy Rogers (uncredited)
Grigsby's Killer (uncredited)
Saloon Patron (uncredited)
Tonto (uncredited)
New York Bar Gibson Girl Fan (uncredited)
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Trigger (uncredited)
Elmo (uncredited)
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Sam Hiawatha (uncredited)
Written by John Chard on 2017-02-09
Paleface 3? Not quite, but a very enjoyable Hope picture it be. Bumbling buffoon insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells notorious outlaw Jesse James a $100,000 policy. When his boss finds out who the customer is, he dispatches Farnsworth after James in the hope of buying back the policy, he also gives strict orders that Farnsworth must ensure that James comes to no harm. Bob Hope sells Jesse James an insurance policy! that alone should prepare you for what type of picture this is. There is nothing out of the ordinary here that we haven't seen before in most other Hope vehicles, and as a huge fan of "The Paleface" and the even better "Son Of Paleface", I would point readers to those pictures by way of them being far better. However, "Alias" has some fine moments that keep it way above average, in fact for visual gags alone this picture scores higher than most of Hope's better known comedies. Be it a steaming alcohol fuelled hat or a magic mushroomed fed horse, there is still much fun to be had as Hope plays out his winning formula. Along for the ride is the supremely sexy Rhonda Fleming as Jesse James' gal, Cora Lee Collins, and as James himself we get Wendell Corey looking as though he is rather enjoying himself. The final reel of this film is now something of legend as we get to play spot the genre star during a protracted shoot out, stars such as Gary Cooper, Roy Rogers & Gail Davis join Bing Crosby to close the picture on a mightily high point. 6.5/10