Callaway Went Thataway (1951)

5.6/10 82 min Comedy Western

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.

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)

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