Connection
Callaway Went Thataway is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Norman Panama released in USA on 15 november 1951 with Fred MacMurray
Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
If you like this film, let us know!
- Infos
- Casting
- Technical infos
- Photos
- Videos
- Film quotes
- Characters
- Music
- Awards
Add to a movie listCallaway Went Thataway is a 1951 American comedy film starring Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire, and Howard Keel. It was written, directed, and produced by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama. Also known as The Star Said No, it was a satire of the television program Hopalong Cassidy.
Synopsis
Mike Frye (MacMurray) and Deborah Patterson (McGuire), co-owners of an advertising firm, have a big hit when they recycle some old Western films starring "Smoky" Callaway (Keel) for a new television audience. Tom Lorrison (Fay Roope), the show's sponsor, is eager to make more films, but nobody has seen Smoky in ten years. Under intense pressure to produce the star, Frye hires Smoky's agent, Georgie Markham (Jesse White), to go look for him.Actors
Fred MacMurray
(Mike Frye)
Jesse White
(Georgie Markham)
Dorothy McGuire
(Deborah Patterson)
Howard Keel
(Stretch Barnes / Smokey Callaway)
Fay Roope
(Tom Lorrison)
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to Callaway Went Thataway
There are 220 films with the same actors, 25 films with the same director, 40271 with the same cinematographic genres (including 576 with exactly the same 2 genres than Callaway Went Thataway), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Callaway Went Thataway, you will probably like those similar films :
, 1h43Directed by Melvin Frank
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors George Segal, Goldie Hawn, Conrad Janis, Thayer David, Richard Farnsworth, Pat Ast
Rating57%
Un débrouillard femelle est courir après les hommes riches, mais devient à plusieurs reprises mélangé avec un escroc suave et une carte de requin à travers une série de mésaventures avant de tomber en amour avec lui.
, 1h43Directed by Melvin Frank
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Goldie Hawn, George Segal, Thayer David, Richard Farnsworth, Conrad Janis, Richard Pryor
Rating57%
A popular dance hall girl, Duchess, joins with a gambler nicknamed the "Dirtwater Fox" on the way to Salt Lake City, Utah. Seeking refuge from a pursuing gang of outlaws, the Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox join a wagon train of Mormons. On their trip, they encounter snakes, rapids, horseback pursuits through towns, and even getting tied up by the outlaws (eventually escaping).
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
, 1h48Directed by Melvin Frank
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Gina Lollobrigida, Phil Silvers, Peter Lawford, Telly Savalas, Shelley Winters, Lee Grant
Rating67%
La Seconde Guerre Mondiale terminée, Carla, une ravissante italienne, décide de passer de tendres moments avec trois soldats américains. Pourtant, neuf mois plus tard, la jeune femme devient la maman de la petite Gia. Décidée à subvenir aux besoins de sa fille, Carla annonce alors aux trois hommes qu'ils doivent s'acquitter d'une pension, au grand dam de leurs épouses.
Road to Utopia (1946)
, 1h30Directed by Norman Panama, Hal Walker, Melvin Frank, Alvin Ganzer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Douglass Dumbrille, Hillary Brooke, Robert Benchley
Rating70%
After the credits we see Sal and Chester Hooton (Lamour and Hope), an old married couple. They are visited by an equally old Duke Johnson (Crosby), and the three reminisce about their previous adventure in the Klondike.
The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)
, 1h30Directed by Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors June Allyson, Dick Powell, David Wayne, Cecil Kellaway, Ray Collins, Robert Keith
Rating61%
Strictly Dishonorable (1951)
, 1h26Directed by Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films based on plays
Actors Ezio Pinza, Janet Leigh, Beverly Garland, Millard Mitchell, Gale Robbins, Maria Palmer
Rating57%
In New York in the 1920s, amorous opera star Augustino "Gus" Caraffa (Ezio Pinza) crosses paths with Isabelle Perry (Janet Leigh), a naive music student from Mississippi who is his biggest fan. When a news photographer catches them in a kiss, it is proposed that they get married in name only to avoid a scandal. Isabelle, who is in love with Gus, agrees to the charade, hoping that he will eventually fall in love with her.
I Will, I Will...For Now (1976)
, 1h47Directed by Norman Panama
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton, Paul Sorvino, Victoria Principal, Robert Alda, Warren Berlinger
Rating48%
The marriage of Les and Katie Bingham is in big trouble. They've already split up once, and now they're giving it one more try, but the bedroom of their New York apartment is not a happy place. Les finds her too cold. Katie finds him too fast.
Knock on Wood (1954)
, 1h43Directed by Norman Panama, Melvin Frank, Alvin Ganzer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Spy films, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Political films
Actors Danny Kaye, Mai Zetterling, Torin Thatcher, David Burns, Leon Askin, Abner Biberman
Rating66%
Jerry Morgan (Kaye) is a ventriloquist who is having trouble with love: just when his relationship with a woman gets around to marriage, his dummy turns jealous and spoils everything. Jerry's manager Marty threatens to quit unless Jerry sees a psychiatrist, Ilse Nordstrom (Zetterling), who tries to discover the source of his problem. The two of them eventually fall in love.
The Court Jester (1955)
, 1h41Directed by Norman Panama, Bernard McEveety, Melvin Frank
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury, Cecil Parker, Mildred Natwick
Rating77%
Set in medieval England, the plot concerns the struggle to restore to the throne the rightful heir, a baby with a distinguishing birthmark, the purple pimpernel on his posterior. Danny Kaye plays Hubert Hawkins, an ex-carnival entertainer who becomes minstrel to the Black Fox, a Robin Hood-type character who leads a band of rebels in the forest in support of the true infant-king.
That Certain Feeling (1956)
, 1h43Directed by Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, George Sanders, David Lewis, Pearl Bailey, Jerry Mathers
Rating63%
A beautiful, sophisticated New York woman who goes by the name Dunreath Henry seems to have it all. She is not only the private secretary to the wealthy and popular cartoonist Larry Larkin, she is also his fiancee.