Callaway Went Thataway
M-G-M's new comedy hit!
- 1951
- 1h 22m
- Comedy · Western
- 5.6/10
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.
Cast
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)
John Banner
Headwaiter at Mocambo's (uncredited)
Hugh Beaumont
Mr. Adkins (uncredited)
Mae Clarke
Mother On Train (uncredited)
Lynn Farr
Cowboy (uncredited)
Douglas Fowley
Gaffer (uncredited)
Clark Gable
Clark Gable (uncredited)
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