Movie Description
Callaway Went Thataway
(1951)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Melvin Frank,Norman Panama
- Producer : Norman Panama,Melvin Frank
- Writer : Norman Panama,Melvin Frank
- Editor : Cotton Warburton
- Cast : Fred MacMurray,Dorothy McGuire,Howard Keel,Jesse White,Fay Roope,Natalie Schafer,Douglas Kennedy,Elisabeth Fraser,John Indrisano,Stan Freberg,Don Haggerty,Acquanetta,John Banner,Hugh Beaumont,Mae Clarke,Lynn Farr,Douglas Fowley,Clark Gable,Ned Glass,Elizabeth Taylor,Esther Williams,Gene Alsace,Dorothy Andre,Salvador Baguez,Paul Bryar,Robert Cabal,Douglas Carter,Charlita,Harry Cody,Carlos Conde,Harold Cornsweet,Jonathan Cott,Oliver Cross,Tom Daly,Jack Davis,Billy Dix,Helen Eby-Rock,Tom Ferrandini,Paul Fierro,George Ford,Glen Gallagher,Herschel Graham,Beatrice Gray,Robert Haines,Stuart Hall,James Harrison,Chester Hayes,Samuel Herrera,Earle Hodgins,Frank Hyers,Perk Lazelle,Rudy Lee,Mitchell Lewis,Margie Liszt,Mickey Little,Louise Lorimer,Robert Locke Lorraine,Emmett Lynn,Wilbur Mack,John Maxwell,Paul McGuire,Harold Miller,Pat Mitchell,Paul Newlan,B.G. Norman,George Pembroke,Lee Phelps,Ann Robinson,Dennis Ross,Tony Roux,Jeffrey Sayre,Kay Scott,Carl Sepulveda,Glenn Strange,Ben Strobach,Phil Tead,Lonnie Thomas,Wayne C. Treadway,Hank Weaver,Smoki Whitfield,Wilson Wood,Roque Ybarra
Cast
Mike Frye
Deborah Patterson
Stretch Barnes / Smoky Callaway
Georgie Markham
Tom Lorrison
Martha Lorrison
Drunk
Marie
Johnny Terrento
Marvin
Director Don
Native Girl with Smoky (uncredited)
Headwaiter at Mocambo's (uncredited)
Mr. Adkins (uncredited)
Mother On Train (uncredited)
Cowboy (uncredited)
Gaffer (uncredited)
Clark Gable (uncredited)
Mailman (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor (uncredited)
Esther Williams (uncredited)
Cowboy (uncredited)
Girl (uncredited)
Mexican Bartender (uncredited)
Gaffer (uncredited)
Messenger (uncredited)
Salesman (uncredited)
Mexican Bar Hostess (uncredited)
Salesman (uncredited)
Native (uncredited)
Salesman (uncredited)
Photographer (uncredited)
Club Patron (uncredited)
Cutter (uncredited)
Salesman (uncredited)
Cowboy (uncredited)
Phone Operator (uncredited)
Club Patron (uncredited)
Mexican Bartender at El Chicolo (uncredited)
Waiter (uncredited)
Salesman (uncredited)
Club Patron (uncredited)
Woman at Bar (uncredited)
Waiter (uncredited)
Club Patron (uncredited)
Heavy (uncredited)
Cantina Patron (uncredited)
Native Fisherman (uncredited)
Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)
Salesman (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Little Kid (uncredited)
Studio Guard (uncredited)
Phone Girl (uncredited)
Little Kid (uncredited)
Irate Woman in New York
Club Patron (uncredited)
Desert Rat on Bus (uncredited)
Club Patron (uncredited)
Lawyer (uncredited)
Cutter (uncredited)
Board Member (uncredited)
Little Kid (uncredited)
Cowboy Actor on Frontier Set (uncredited)
Little Kid (uncredited)
Bartender (uncredited)
Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Hatcheck Girl at Mocambo's (uncredited)
Boy (uncredited)
Mexican Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Maitre d' at the Somerset Club (uncredited)
Phone Girl (uncredited)
Heavy (uncredited)
Cowboy Actor on Saloon set (uncredited)
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Salesman (uncredited)
Tommy (uncredited)
Salesman (uncredited)
Announcer (uncredited)
Washroom Attendant (uncredited)
Attendant (uncredited)
Native Fisherman (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleCallaway Went Thataway
Status Released
Release Information
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1951-11-15
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 22m
Production CompaniesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genres
- Comedy
- Western
