Callaway Went Thataway
Callaway Went Thataway
Release: 1951-11-15
·Runtime: 82m
·★ 5.1
Comedy
Western
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Phil Tead
as Salesman (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor
as Elizabeth Taylor (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
as Gaffer (uncredited)
Helen Eby-Rock
as Phone Operator (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
as Maitre d' at the Somerset Club (uncredited)
Natalie Schafer
as Martha Lorrison
Smoki Whitfield
as Washroom Attendant (uncredited)
Dorothy McGuire
as Deborah Patterson
Elisabeth Fraser
as Marie
Harold Miller
as Board Member (uncredited)
Rudy Lee
as Little Kid (uncredited)
Kay Scott
as Phone Girl (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
as Somerset Club Doorman (untitled)
John Banner
as Headwaiter at Mocambo's (uncredited)
Jonathan Cott
as Photographer (uncredited)
George Pembroke
as Bartender (uncredited)
Howard Keel
as Stretch Barnes / Smoky Callaway
Salvador Baguez
as Mexican Bartender (uncredited)
Gene Alsace
as Cowboy (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Paul Newlan
as Cowboy Actor on Frontier Set (uncredited)
Stan Freberg
as Marvin
Charlita
as Mexican Bar Hostess (uncredited)
Beatrice Gray
as Woman at Bar (uncredited)
Jesse White
as Georgie Markham
Douglas Fowley
as Gaffer (uncredited)
Robert Cabal
as Messenger (uncredited)
John Maxwell
as Lawyer (uncredited)
Glenn Strange
as Cowboy Actor on Saloon set (uncredited)
Fay Roope
as Tom Lorrison
Douglas Kennedy
as Drunk
Clark Gable
as Clark Gable (uncredited)
Ned Glass
as Mailman (uncredited)
Paul Fierro
as Mexican Bartender at El Chicolo (uncredited)
Don Haggerty
as Director Don
Acquanetta
as Native Girl with Smoky (uncredited)
Louise Lorimer
as Irate Woman in New York
Emmett Lynn
as Desert Rat on Bus (uncredited)
B.G. Norman
as Little Kid (uncredited)
Esther Williams
as Esther Williams (uncredited)
Hugh Beaumont
as Mr. Adkins (uncredited)
Ann Robinson
as Hatcheck Girl at Mocambo's (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Fred MacMurray
as Mike Frye
Mae Clarke
as Mother On Train (uncredited)
Crew
Melvin Frank
Director, Writer, Producer
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Norman Panama
Writer, Director, Producer
Helen Rose
Costume Design, Wardrobe Designer
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist