Two marketing professionals hire a lookalike of classic Western actor Smoky Callaway to impersonate the actor and make new films, but things go awry when the real Callaway, thought long miss... Read allTwo marketing professionals hire a lookalike of classic Western actor Smoky Callaway to impersonate the actor and make new films, but things go awry when the real Callaway, thought long missing, returns.Two marketing professionals hire a lookalike of classic Western actor Smoky Callaway to impersonate the actor and make new films, but things go awry when the real Callaway, thought long missing, returns.
- Johnny Terrento
- (as Johnny Indrisano)
- Native Girl with Smoky
- (uncredited)
- Cowboy
- (uncredited)
- Girl
- (uncredited)
- Mexican Bartender
- (uncredited)
- Headwaiter at Mocambo's
- (uncredited)
- Mr. Adkins - Attorney
- (uncredited)
- Gaffer
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaHugh Beaumont and Fred MacMurray brush shoulders in a hotel hallway near the end of this movie. They went on to play iconic television fathers in separate series - Beaumont in Leave It to Beaver (1957) and MacMurray in My Three Sons (1960).
- Goofs(at around 30 mins) Stretch fastens the same three buttons on his shirt twice.
- Quotes
Mike Frye: You know, sometimes I wonder why I keep you around.
Deborah Patterson: Maybe it's because I own 50% of the stock.
Mike Frye: That must be the reason.
- Crazy creditsCard at the end states: 'This picture was made in the spirit of fun, and was meant in no way to detract from the wholesome influence, civic mindedness and the many charitable contributions of Western idols of our American youth, or to be a portrayal of any of them.'
- ConnectionsSpoofs Hopalong Cassidy (1952)
Fine script from Panama and Frank. The barbs fly thick and fast, so you may need a scorecard to keep up. I love it when the stagehands and those folks who never get their names on screen show how to sabotage an arrogant movie star. Watch the flop Callaway takes executing one of those spectacular flying horse mounts. Though the humor is mainly aimed at Hollywood types and film-making generally, it's never mean-spirited, and we end up liking MacMurray even though he takes real advantage of the innocent "Stretch". Note too, the studio disclaimer at the end. That, no doubt, was to keep Hoppy happy since Cassidy's old films on TV were the movie's obvious inspiration. Being one of those kids that long-ago lined up to meet the real Hoppy, I can testify that he was stone cold sober and a nice guy, to boot. So as the disclaimer says-- the movie is intended merely in the spirit of good fun with no aspersions cast. And a lot of fun it is.
- dougdoepke
- Aug 10, 2008
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- Der Cowboy, den es zweimal gab
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- Budget
- $1,103,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1