Callaway Went Thataway

(1951)

Comedy

81 minutes

Directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama

Cast:

Fred MacMurray as Mike Frye

Dorothy McGuire as Deborah Patterson

Howard Keel as 'Stretch' Barnes alias '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 (as Johnny Indrisano)

Stan Freberg as Marvin

Don Haggerty as Director Don

Cameo appearances by:

Clark Gable, Elizabeth Taylor, and Esther Williams

Two marketing people discover some old films on cowboy Smoky Callaway and are smart enough to broadcast them on television.  The films become a big success and the old cowboy is wanted back.  Only problem is no one knows his whereabouts.  The guys hire a man who looks just like the cowboy, but problems arise when the real Callaway appears. 

Callaway Went Thataway - Trailer