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Callaway Went Thataway
M-G-M's new comedy hit!
5.6(17)19511h 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.
- Director
- Melvin Frank,Norman Panama
- Writers
- Norman Panama,Melvin Frank
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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
John Indrisano
Johnny Terrento

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)
Lynn Farr
Cowboy (uncredited)

Douglas Fowley
Gaffer (uncredited)

Clark Gable
Clark Gable (uncredited)

Ned Glass
Mailman (uncredited)

Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor (uncredited)

Esther Williams
Esther Williams (uncredited)

Gene Alsace
Cowboy (uncredited)
Dorothy Andre
Girl (uncredited)

Salvador Baguez
Mexican Bartender (uncredited)
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Crew
Directing
- Melvin FrankDirector
- Norman PanamaDirector
Writing
- Norman PanamaWriter
- Melvin FrankWriter
Production
- Melvin FrankProducer
- Norman PanamaProducer
Camera
- Ray JuneDirector of Photography
Editing
- Cotton WarburtonEditor
Sound
- Marlin SkilesMusic
- Douglas ShearerRecording Supervision
- Albert SendreyOrchestrator
- Marlin SkilesOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Cedric GibbonsArt Direction
- Eddie ImazuArt Direction
- Hugh HuntSet Decoration
- Edwin B. WillisSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Helen RoseCostume Design
- Gile SteeleCostume Design
- Sydney GuilaroffHairstylist
- John TruweMakeup Artist
- William TuttleMakeup Artist
- Helen RoseWardrobe Designer
- Gile SteeleCostume Designer
- Blake WagnerAssistant Makeup Artist
Crew
- A. Arnold GillespieSpecial Effects
- Warren NewcombeSpecial Effects