Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
M-G-M's new comedy hit!
Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them on television. The films are a big hit and the star is in demand. Unfortunately no one can find him. When a lookalike sends in a photo, the marketing team hires him to impersonate Callaway. Things get sticky when the real Callaway eventually shows up.
- Date of release
- 1951-11-15
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (17)
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genres
- Comedy, Western
- Director
- Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Casting
- Fred MacMurray — Mike Frye
- Dorothy McGuire — Deborah Patterson
- Howard Keel — Stretch Barnes / Smoky Callaway
- Jesse White — Georgie Markham
- Fay Roope — Tom Lorrison
- Natalie Schafer — Martha Lorrison
- Douglas Kennedy — Drunk
- Elisabeth Fraser — Marie
- John Indrisano — Johnny Terrento
- Stan Freberg — Marvin
- Don Haggerty — Director Don
- Acquanetta — Native Girl with Smoky (uncredited)
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