Summary
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.
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Cast
24 of 47
Fred MacMurrayMike Frye
Dorothy McGuireDeborah Patterson
Howard KeelStretch Barnes / Smoky Callaway
Jesse WhiteGeorgie Markham
Fay RoopeTom Lorrison
Natalie SchaferMartha Lorrison
Douglas KennedyDrunk
Elisabeth FraserMarie
Stan FrebergMarvin
Don HaggertyDirector Don
AcquanettaNative Girl with Smoky (uncredited)
John BannerHeadwaiter at Mocambo's (uncredited)
Hugh BeaumontMr. Adkins (uncredited)
Mae ClarkeMother On Train (uncredited)
Douglas FowleyGaffer (uncredited)
Clark GableClark Gable (uncredited)
Ned GlassMailman (uncredited)
Elizabeth TaylorElizabeth Taylor (uncredited)
Esther WilliamsEsther Williams (uncredited)
Gene AlsaceCowboy (uncredited)
Salvador BaguezMexican Bartender (uncredited)
Paul BryarGaffer (uncredited)
Robert CabalMessenger (uncredited)
Crew
- Directed by
- Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
- Written by
- Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
- Produced by
- Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
- Music by
- Marlin Skiles
Everyone
Pick a department, or search for a name or a job (“editor”, “stunt”).
Facts
November 15, 1951 · 1 h 22 min · NR
- Released
- November 15, 1951
- Runtime
- 1 h 22 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Genres
- Comedy, Western
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United States
- Available in
- 1 country
Tropes
The Alcoholic, Dead Person Impersonation, Only Known by Their Nickname

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