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Callaway Went Thataway (1951)

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Film details

Featuring

Fred MacMurray Dorothy McGuire Howard Keel
Country

USA
Year

1951
Genre

Western
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

The Star Said No Alternative

Synopsis

Story of timid cowboy who is roped into becoming TV star as substitute for his double, a disreputable cowboy actor who has disappeared.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Mike Frye
    
    Fred MacMurray
  - Deborah Paterson
    
    Dorothy McGuire
  - "Smoky" Callaway/"Stretch" Barnes
    
    Howard Keel
  - George Markham
    
    Jesse White
  - Tom Lorrison
    
    Fay Roope
  - Martha Lorrison
    
    Natalie Schafer
  - The Drunk
    
    Douglas Kennedy
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Melvin Frank
  - Director
    
    Norman Panama
  - Production Company
    
    Loew's Incorporated
  - Production Company
    
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  - Producer
    
    Melvin Frank
  - Producer
    
    Norman Panama
  - script
    
    Melvin Frank
  - script
    
    Norman Panama
  - Photography
    
    Ray June
  - Editor
    
    Cotton Warburton
  - Art Director
    
    Cedric Gibbons
  - Art Director
    
    Eddie Imazu
  - Music
    
    Marlin Skiles

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