

Callaway Went Thataway
"M-G-M's new comedy hit!"
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.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Key Crew

Melvin Frank
Director

Norman Panama
Writer

Norman Panama
Director

Melvin Frank
Writer

Norman Panama
Producer

Melvin Frank
Producer
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)