A Southern Yankee (1948)
1h 30m
Running Time
August 5, 1948Release Date
A Southern Yankee (1948)
1h 30m
Running Time
August 5, 1948Release Date
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Plot.
Red Skelton plays Aubrey Filmore, a feather-brained but lovable bellboy who dreams of becoming an agent for the Union's secret service during the Civil War.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
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
S. Sylvan Simon
Director
John Ireland
Capt. Jed Calbern
Minor Watson
Gen. Watkins
Charles Dingle
Col. Weatherby
Joyce Compton
Hortense Dobson
Louise Beavers
Laundry Woman
Art Baker
Col. Clifford M. Baker
Frank Tashlin
Writer
Reed Hadley
Fred Munsey
Arthur Space
Hotel Desk Clerk
Paul Harvey
Hotel Manager
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 5, 1948
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
A Southern Yankee is a 1948 American comedy western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy and Arlene Dahl.
The film is loosely based on Buster Keaton's The General (1926). Skelton plays a Union soldier who spies on the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Keaton served as a technical advisor for the film.