A Southern Yankee (1948)

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  • A SOUTHERN YANKEE
    aka My Hero


    DIRECTED BY EDWARD SEDGWICK
    PRODUCED BY PAUL JONES
    METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER (MGM)


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    Information from IMDb


    Plot Summary
    Aubrey Filmore (Red Skelton) is a bumbling bellboy in a Missouri town who pesters the Union officers there;
    he desperately wants to be a spy for the North in the American Civil War.
    When Filmore accidentally waylays an infamous Confederate spy known as
    "The Grey Spider" and is mistaken for him by the Rebels, the Union brass see it as an opportunity
    for real espionage - and though Filmore is a coward as well as a fool, his real motivation for derring-do
    is a sweet Southern girl named Sallyann, whom he will see again behind Southern lines.
    Written by Gary Dickerson


    Full Cast
    Red Skelton ... Aubrey Filmore
    Brian Donlevy ... Kurt Devlynn
    Arlene Dahl ... Sallyann Weatharby
    George Coulouris ... Maj. Jack Drumman aka The Grey Spider
    Lloyd Gough ... Capt. Steve Lorford
    John Ireland ... Capt. Jed Calbern
    Minor Watson ... Gen. Watkins
    Charles Dingle ... Col. Weatherby
    Art Baker ... Col. Clifford M. Baker
    Reed Hadley ... Fred Munsey
    Arthur Space ... Mark Haskins
    Joyce Compton ... Hortense Dobson
    Byron Foulger ... Mr. Duncan (scenes deleted)
    Edward Gargan ... Male Nurse (scenes deleted)
    Bert Moorhouse ... Capt. Jeffreys (scenes deleted)
    Addison Richards ... Dr. Clayton (scenes deleted)
    Pierre Watkin ... Major (scenes deleted)
    Richard Alexander ... Bartender (uncredited)
    Stanley Andrews ... Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
    Shelby Bacon ... Boy (uncredited)
    Louise Beavers ... Laundry Woman (uncredited)
    Stephen Bennett ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
    Lane Chandler ... Sentry (uncredited)
    Cliff Clark ... Confederate Doctor (uncredited)
    Harry Cording ... Guerrilla Horseman (uncredited)
    Jeff Corey ... Union Cavalry Sergeant (uncredited)
    Wade Crosby ... Guerrilla Raider in Saloon (uncredited)
    George DeNormand ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
    Sam Flint ... Confederate Officer (uncredited)
    Christian J. Frank ... Guerrilla Raider in Saloon (uncredited)
    Frank Hagney ... Horseman (uncredited)
    Henry Hall ... Thadeus Drumman (uncredited)
    Paul Harvey ... Plaza Hotel Manager (uncredited)
    Drexle Bobbie Haywood ... Boy (uncredited)
    Weldon Heyburn ... Confederate Officer (uncredited)
    John Hilton ... Orderly (uncredited)
    James Horne ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
    Bill Kennedy ... Lt. Sheve (uncredited)
    Paul Kruger ... Guerrilla Raider in Saloon (uncredited)
    Jack Lee ... Confederate Officer (uncredited)
    James Logan ... Guerrilla Raider in Saloon (uncredited)
    Ian MacDonald ... Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
    George Magrill ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
    Allen Mathews ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
    Kermit Maynard ... Guerrilla Horseman (uncredited)
    Frank McGrath ... Dispatch Rider (uncredited)
    Walter Merrill ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
    John Merton ... Guerrilla Horseman (uncredited)
    Howard M. Mitchell ... Guerrilla Raider in Saloon (uncredited)
    Ralph Montgomery ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
    Ben Moselle ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
    Forbes Murray ... Confederate Officer (uncredited)
    David Newell ... Sentry (uncredited)
    Paul Newlan ... Man with Saber (uncredited)
    Rod O'Connor ... Maj. Grigsby (uncredited)
    Garry Owen ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
    William 'Bill' Phillips ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
    Buddy Roosevelt ... Courier (uncredited)
    Gene Roth ... Guerrilla Raider in Saloon (uncredited)
    Ralph Sanford ... Plaza Hotel Carriage Driver (uncredited)
    Carl Saxe ... Sentry (uncredited)
    David Sharpe ... Confederate Officer (uncredited)
    Dick Simmons ... Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
    Susan Simon ... Jenny (uncredited)
    Buster Slaven ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
    Ann Staunton ... Nurse (uncredited)
    Jack Stoney ... Guerrilla Raider in Saloon (uncredited)
    Glenn Strange ... Guerrilla Raider in Saloon (uncredited)
    William Tannen ... Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
    Marcus Turk ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
    Ralph Volkie ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
    Dick Wessel ... Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
    Robert J. Wilke ... Confederate Soldier Ordering Cease Fire (uncredited)
    Harry Wilson ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
    Harry Woods ... Dentist (uncredited)
    Jack Worth ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
    Duke York ... Confederate Guard (uncredited)
    Victor Zimmerman ... Guerrilla Raider in Saloon (uncredited)


    Writing Credits
    Melvin Frank story
    Buster Keaton uncredited
    Norman Panama story
    Harry Tugend writer


    Original Music
    David Snell
    Robert Franklyn (uncredited)


    Cinematography
    Ray June


    Trivia
    No one could figure out a simple, yet funny way to get Aubrey out of the house
    when he was being held captive by the angry dog. Buster Keaton, employed by MGM
    as a roving gag man, was called to the set, looked at the set up, and came up
    with the idea of removing the door hinges and letting the dog in as Aubrey got out.
    The most famous gag in the movie took Keaton all of five minutes to devise.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA


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    A Southern Yankee


    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 2 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • A Southern Yankee (1948) is an American comedy film, directed by Edward Sedgwick,
    starring Red Skelton and Arlene Dahl, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.



    A semi-remake of Buster Keaton's The General (1927), Skelton plays a Union soldier
    who spies for the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
    Keaton served as technical adviser on the film.


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    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().