Those Calloways
Brief Synopsis
A fur trapper dreams of building a bird sanctuary.
Cast & Crew
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Norman Tokar
Director
Brian Keith
Camera Calloway
Vera Miles
Liddy Calloway
Brandon De Wilde
Bucky Calloway
Walter Brennan
Alf Simes
Ed Wynn
Editor Parker
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Adaptation
Adventure
Release Date
Jan
1965
Premiere Information
Atlanta opening: 28 Jan 1965
Production Company
Walt Disney Productions
Distribution Company
Buena Vista Distribution Co., Inc.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Swiftwater by Paul Annixter (New York, 1950).
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 11m
Sound
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Color
Color (Technicolor)
Synopsis
Cam Calloway, an Irish trapper and woodsman raised by the Micmac Indians, lives in Swiftwater, Maine, with his wife, Liddy, and his 19-year-old son, Bucky. His fondest hope is to establish a sanctuary for the great flocks of wild geese which fly over Swiftwater in autumn during their southward migration. In order to purchase a large tract of land for the proposed sanctuary, Cam spends all the profits from an entire season of trapping. As a result, he is unable to meet the mortgage payments on his own home, and he and his family are evicted. Forced to move to the lake, they find that many of their neighbors are willing to help them build a new home. Meanwhile, Dell Fraser, a traveling salesman, schemes to convert Swiftwater into a resort for goose hunters. Posing as a conservationist, Dell gives Cam money to plant corn which would lure the birds down during their migration. Bucky learns of the plan, and Cam has a violent argument with the profiteers. After Cam is seriously wounded by a rifle shot, the townspeople organize a petition authorizing the federal government to buy the marshland for a sanctuary. As Cam recovers from his wound, Fraser and his cohorts leave town, and the dream of the Calloways becomes a reality.
Director
Norman Tokar
Director
Cast
Brian Keith
Camera Calloway
Vera Miles
Liddy Calloway
Brandon De Wilde
Bucky Calloway
Walter Brennan
Alf Simes
Ed Wynn
Editor Parker
Linda Evans
Bridie Mellot
Philip Abbott
Dell Fraser
John Larkin
Jim Mellot
Parley Baer
Doane Shattuck
Frank De Kova
Nigosh
Roy Roberts
E. J. Fletcher
John Qualen
Ernie Evans
Tom Skerritt
Whit Turner
Paul Hartman
Charley Evans
Russell Collins
Nat Perkins
John Davis Chandler
Ollie Gibbons
Chet Stratton
Phil Petrie
Renee Godfrey
Sarah Mellot
Crew
Lloyd Beebe
Animal unit Photographer
Richard Borden
Wild geese seq
Gertrude Casey
Costumes
Carroll Clark
Art Director
Edward Colman
Director of Photography
Robert O. Cook
Sound Supervisor
Murray Cutter
Orchestration
Walt Disney
Company
Walt Disney
Presented By
Ray Evans
Composer
Jim Fetherolf
Matte artist
Hal Gausman
Set Decoration
Winston Hibler
Co-producer
Chuck Keehne
Costumes
Evelyn Kennedy
Music Editor
William R. Koehler
Animal unit Photographer
Emile Kuri
Set Decoration
Tom Leetch
Assistant Director
Jay Livingston
Composer
Eustace Lycett
Special Effects
John B. Mansbridge
Art Director
La Rue Matheron
Hairstyles
Pat Mcnalley
Makeup
Louis Pelletier
Screenwriter
Richard M. Sherman
Composer
Robert B. Sherman
Composer
Grant K. Smith
Film Editor
Max Steiner
Music
Max Steiner
Composer
Bill Thomas
Costume Design
Dean Thomas
Sound mix
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Adaptation
Adventure
Release Date
Jan
1965
Premiere Information
Atlanta opening: 28 Jan 1965
Production Company
Walt Disney Productions
Distribution Company
Buena Vista Distribution Co., Inc.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Swiftwater by Paul Annixter (New York, 1950).
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 11m
Sound
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Color
Color (Technicolor)
Articles
Those Calloways
A fur trapper dreams of building a bird sanctuary.
Those Calloways
A fur trapper dreams of building a bird sanctuary.
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Trivia
Notes
Location scenes filmed in Vermont.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1964
Released in United States 1964
