Cow Belles

Cow Belles is a 2006 American film directed by Francine McDougall. It is a Disney Channel Original Movie and was released on March 24, 2006.
== Plot ==
Taylor and Courtney Callum are two thoroughly spoiled yet well-intentioned sisters whose widower father, Reed Callum, owns Callum Dairy. The girls’ mother died prior to the events of the movie. Their house keeper Corrine helps take care of the girls now. Taylor has just gotten her driving license, after almost failing the test at the beginning of the movie. They leave the house to depart for a shopping trip, but leave a towel on the stove, starting a house fire. Shocked by their carelessness and over spending, and deciding the girls should start making their own cash, Reed puts them to work at the dairy to teach them responsibility. He goes out of town, looking for a rare butterfly to add to his collection. This leaves the girls to look after the dairy.
When the girls start working at the dairy, it quickly becomes their worst nightmare. They mess up almost every step of the way, such as dropping Courtney's cell phone into one of the full yogurt cups, and then tripping and splashing blueberries on themselves. All the employees think they are stuck-up and don't believe that they can do their job. Soon after they start working there and doing their jobs better, someone steals all the money out of the businesses' bank account. It is then up to the girls to come up with a plan to save the dairy, and the jobs of those who are working, but no one believes in them. Taylor has changed her nature and asks Courtney if she can use her party money to pay for the employees' pay checks, or else they will leave Callum Dairy. Taylor and Courtney are at a meeting with the other employees when Taylor tricks Courtney into leaving to get her cell phone, she says that she will get the money, but still no one believes her. Without consulting Courtney, Taylor uses her party money for the employees, thus causing a very big fight between the two of them.
Taylor and Courtney finally enjoy their work in the factory and earn the employees' belief and respect. However, Courtney ignores Taylor in every possible way. They have a fight at work when Courtney is putting in the numbers for the expiration dates. Even though they have the money to pay the employees' pay checks, Courtney's mistake threatens their business because the milk, believed to be expired, is sent back. Their employers realise this will take them all night and that they will miss the deadline, but Reed comes along with volunteers, mostly town folks (including the wealthy ones who attended Courtney and her friends' debutante) who are impressed with the sisters' efforts to save the beloved dairy company. They manage to pull through the evening and the employees and town folks celebrate. It is revealed that his business partner and best friend Bob Fenwick is the thief, but he gets away with the money. After checking his finances, Reed determines that the dairy will survive, but that money will be tight for some time. The girls happily volunteer to work with him even when he gives them the day off to help out.
In an alternate ending, Courtney finds a way to track Reed's friend who stole the money. The girls show their father a footage of the embezzler playing in a casino in Puerto Rico, and Reed alerts the FBI to catch him. Despite getting their money back, the sisters continue working in the dairy in the hopes of one day succeeding their father.
== Cast and Characters ==
* Alyson Michalka as Taylor Callum
* Amanda Michalka as Courtney Callum
* Jack Coleman as Reed Callum
* Sheila McCarty as Fran Walker
* Michael Trevino as Jackson Meade
* Christian Serratos as Heather Perez
* Ron Gabriel as Melvin Melville
* Chris Gallinger as Phillipe
* Von Flores as Nick Perez
* Alex Hood as Richie Miller
* Sharon McFarlane as Doris Miller
* Sandy Robson as Thomas
* Craig Eldridge as Wilbur Meade
* Paula Brancati as Sarah Van Dyke
* Amanda Tilson as Jenny Bryant
* Diana Peressini as Marissa Wentworth
* Michael Rhoades as Bob Fenwick
* Duane Murray as Pete "Big Pete"
* Dylan Roberts as Ralph
* Ordena Stephens-Thompson as Joyce
* Stuart Clow as Keith Walker
* Beatriz Pizano as Gina Perez
* Jean Yoon as Corrine
* Scotty Watson as Larry
Category:Disney Channel Original Movies
Category:Films
Category:Live-action Films
Category:2006 Films
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