Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 4:3 | 720x480 | 6500 kbps | 4.4Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
01:21:00 | USA | Comedy, Western
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 4:3 | 720x480 | 6500 kbps | 4.4Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
01:21:00 | USA | 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.
Directors: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire, Howard Keel, Jesse White, Fay Roope, Natalie Schafer, Douglas Kennedy, Elisabeth Fraser, John Indrisano, Stan Freberg, Don Haggerty, Acquanetta, Gene Alsace, Dorothy Andre, Salvador Baguez, John Banner, Hugh Beaumont, Paul Bryar, Robert Cabal, Douglas Carter, Charlita, Mae Clarke, Harry Cody, Carlos Conde, Harold Cornsweet, Jonathan Cott, Tom Daly, Jack Davis, Billy Dix, Helen Eby-Rock
Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
Callaway Went Thataway is an amiable spoof of early television's "Hopalong Cassidy" craze. Fred MacMurray and Dorothy McGuire star as Mike Frye and Deborah Patterson, advertising copywriters who have pulled off quite a coup by purchasing the old "Smokey Callaway" Westerns for TV. Trouble begins when the sponsor wants to meet up with Callaway (Howard Keel) and sign him to a long-term contract. But Smokey, a notorious boozer and womanizer, has dropped out of sight and left for parts unknown. In desperation, Mike and Debbie hire a Callaway look-alike named Stretch Barnes (also Howard Keel), whom they give a crash course in the art of being a boyhood idol ("You're a cowboy star. You have two expressions: hat on and hat off"). Barnes not only pulls off the ruse with the greatest of ease, but also takes his responsibilities to his young fans quite seriously. The plot thickens when the real Smoky Callaway emerges from a ten-year bender to demand a piece of the action. Callaway Went Thataway is full of wonderful moments, not least of which is a climactic fistfight between Callaway and Barnes, adroitly edited and photographed so as to make it appear that Howard Keel is actually punching out himself! The supporting cast includes future TV favorites Jesse White, Stan Freberg, and Hugh Beaumont (unbilled), while several MGM stars make surprise cameo appearances. Perhaps to avoid potential lawsuits, the film ends with a timorous disclaimer, stating that most Western stars are generous, upstanding individuals – and not at all like the bibulous, mercenary Smoky Callaway.
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Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
