A SOUTHERN YANKEE
aka My Hero
DIRECTED BY EDWARD SEDGWICK
PRODUCED BY PAUL JONES
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER (MGM)
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.
Filming Locations
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
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