Callaway Went Thataway
“M-G-M's new comedy hit!”
DirectorMelvin Frank
ScreenplayNorman Panama, Melvin Frank
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
Nov 15, 1951
Budget
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Country
United States
Revenue
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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
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)
Douglas Fowley
Gaffer (uncredited)
Clark Gable
Clark Gable (uncredited)
Ned Glass
Mailman (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor (uncredited)
Esther Williams
Esther Williams (uncredited)
Gene Alsace
Cowboy (uncredited)
Salvador Baguez
Mexican Bartender (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
Gaffer (uncredited)
Robert Cabal
Messenger (uncredited)
Charlita
Mexican Bar Hostess (uncredited)
Jonathan Cott
Photographer (uncredited)
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