Callaway Went Thataway

Callaway Went Thataway

82 mins | Comedy, Western | Nov. 15, 1951

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.

Callaway Went Thataway

82 mins | Comedy, Western | Nov. 15, 1951

Callaway Went Thataway
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Callaway Went Thataway
Directors Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Writers Norman Panama, Melvin Frank

Cast

Fred MacMurray

as Mike Frye

Dorothy McGuire

as Deborah Patterson

Howard Keel

as Stretch Barnes / Smokey Callaway

Jesse White

as Georgie Markham

Fay Roope

as Tom Lorrison

Natalie Schafer

as Martha Lorrison

Douglas Kennedy

as Drunk

Elisabeth Fraser

as Marie

John Indrisano

as Johnny Terrento

Stan Freberg

as Marvin

Don Haggerty

as Director

John Banner

as Headwaiter (uncredited)

Hugh Beaumont

as Mr. Adkins (uncredited)

Mae Clarke

as Mother On Train (uncredited)

Lynn Farr

as Cowboy (uncredited)

Douglas Fowley

as Gaffer (uncredited)

Clark Gable

as Clark Gable (uncredited)

Ned Glass

as Mailman (uncredited)

Elizabeth Taylor

as Elizabeth Taylor (uncredited)

Esther Williams

as Esther Williams (uncredited)