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Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
Directed by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
“M-G-M's new comedy hit!”
Comedy, Western · 1h 22m
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
J
John Indrisano
Johnny Terrento
Stan Freberg
Marvin
Don Haggerty
Director Don
Acquanetta
Native Girl with Smoky (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
- Writer
- Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
- Director of Photography
- Ray June
- Original Music Composer
- Marlin Skiles
- Editor
- Cotton Warburton
- Producer
- Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Details
- Release date
- 1951-11-15
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genres
- Comedy, Western
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer