Callaway Went Thataway (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.
- Released
- 1951-11-15
- Genres
- Comedy, Western
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 from 17 votes
Cast
- Fred MacMurray as Mike Frye
- Dorothy McGuire as Deborah Patterson
- Howard Keel as Stretch Barnes / 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
- Don Haggerty as Director Don
- Acquanetta as Native Girl with Smoky (uncredited)