Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
1h 22m
Running Time
November 15, 1951Release Date
Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
1h 22m
Running Time
November 15, 1951Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Fred MacMurray
Mike Frye
Dorothy McGuire
Deborah Patterson
Howard Keel
Stretch Barnes / Smoky Callaway
Fay Roope
Tom Lorrison
Jesse White
Georgie Markham
Melvin Frank
Director
Natalie Schafer
Martha Lorrison
Norman Panama
Director
Douglas Kennedy
Drunk
Elisabeth Fraser
Marie
Marlin Skiles
Composer
Ray June
Cinematographer
John Indrisano
Johnny Terrento
Stan Freberg
Marvin
Cotton Warburton
Editor
Don Haggerty
Director
Acquanetta
Native Girl with Smoky (uncredited)
John Banner
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Hugh Beaumont
Mr. Adkins (uncredited)
Mae Clarke
Mother On Train (uncredited)
Lynn Farr
Cowboy (uncredited)
Douglas Fowley
Gaffer (uncredited)
Clark Gable
Clark Gable (uncredited)
Ned Glass
Mailman (uncredited)
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Callaway Went Thataway is a 1951 American comedy western film starring Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire, and Howard Keel. It was written, directed, and produced by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama. Also known as The Star Said No, it is a spoof of the craze generated by the television program Hopalong Cassidy.