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Callaway Went Thataway

1951, Movie, NR, 81 mins

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In this delightful spoof of the early TV Hopalong Cassidy craze, TV promoters Mike Frye (Fred MacMurray) and Deborah Patterson (Dorothy McGuire) are handed the assignment of finding "Smoky" Callaway, a yesteryear star of B westerns who has become an overnight smash, with millions of youngsters watching his old oaters on TV. They are unable to find Callaway but do discover real-life cowboy Stretch Barnes (Howard Keel), a double for the missing actor, and induce him to imperso... read more leave a comment
Year: 1951
Rated NR

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Cast
Fred MacMurray: Mike Frye
Dorothy McGuire: Deborah Patterson
Howard Keel: "Stretch" Barnes/"Smoky" Callaway
Jesse White: George Markham
Fay Roope: Tom Lorrison
Natalie Schafer: Martha Lorrison

 

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A real cowboy (Howard Keel) signs on to impersonate a faded western star for public...
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