Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
M-G-M's new comedy hit!
81 min
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.
- Release date
- November 15, 1951
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Fred MacMurray as Mike Frye
- Dorothy McGuire as Deborah Patterson
- Howard Keel as Stretch Barnes
- Howard Keel as Smoky 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
Crew
- Melvin Frank · Director
- Norman Panama · Director
- Norman Panama · Writer
- Melvin Frank · Writer
- Melvin Frank · Producer
- Norman Panama · Producer
- Marlin Skiles · Composer
- Ray June · Cinematographer
- Cotton Warburton · Editor