Callaway Went Thataway

Callaway Went Thataway is a 1951 American comedy/satire 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. Two smart marketing people (MacMurray and McGuire) resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway (Keel) and put them on television. The films are a big hi... more

Initial release date:

  • Nov 15, 1951

Runtime:

  • 81 min (49 hs )

Film

Directed by

Norman Panama

Norman Panama (21 April 1914 – 13 January 2003) was an American screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois. He collaborated with a former...

Melvin Frank

Melvin Frank (13 August 1913 in Chicago, Illinois – 13 October 1988 in Los Angeles, California) was an American screenwriter, film producer and film director....

Edited by:

Runtime:

  • 81 min (49 hs )

Languages:

Country of origin:

Distributors:

top ↑

Similar topics in Freebase

  • The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

    The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

    The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox is a 1976 western romantic comedy film starring Goldie Hawn and George Segal, produced, directed and co-written by Melvin Frank. A popular dance hall girl, Duchess, joins with a gambler nicknamed the "Dirtwater Fox" on the way to Salt Lake City, Utah. Seeking...
  • Now You See Him, Now You Don't

    Now You See Him, Now You Don't

    Now You See Him, Now You Don't is a Walt Disney film from 1972, starring Kurt Russell, a student in the fictional Medfield College. It is the sequel to the 1969 film The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes. Now You See Him, Now You Don't was the first Disney film to be shown on television in a two-hour time...
  • Son of Flubber

    Son of Flubber

    Son of Flubber is the 1963 sequel to the Walt Disney children's movie comedy The Absent Minded Professor (1961), also starring Fred MacMurray as a scientist who has perfected a high-bouncing substance that can levitate an automobile and cause athletes to bounce into the sky. The film co-stars Nancy...
  • Freaky Friday

    Freaky Friday

    Freaky Friday is a 1976 American comedy film starring Jodie Foster as Annabel Andrews and Barbara Harris as her mother. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Mary Rodgers, in which mother and daughter switch bodies and get a taste of each others' lives. The cause of the switch is left...
  • The Absent-Minded Professor

    The Absent-Minded Professor

    The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 Walt Disney Pictures film based on the short story "A Situation of Gravity", by Samuel W. Taylor. The film was reissued to theaters in 1967 and 1975, and released to video in 1981, 1986, and 1992. It was a huge success at the box-office, and has been remade...
  • Above and Beyond

    Above and Beyond is a 1952 film about Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. It starred Robert Taylor as Tibbets and Eleanor Parker as his wife. James Whitmore played security officer Major Bill Uanna. The film was suggested by screenwriter Beirne Lay, Jr., a Colonel...

These people have edited this topic:

Edit this topic
Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!

Freebase Attribution

Freebase data is free for use under the CC-BY license.

The original description for Callaway Went Thataway was automatically generated from Wikipedia.org licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
[1]
Learn more about Freebase licensing and attribution