Red Skelton
Aubrey Filmore
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A Southern Yankee: Directed by Edward Sedgwick, S. Sylvan Simon. With Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy, Arlene Dahl, George Coulouris. A hapless bellboy in a St. Louis hotel near the end of the Civil War is recruited by the Union secret service to impersonate a notorious Confederate spy.
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- Comedy, History, War
- Edward Sedgwick, S. Sylvan Simon
- 1948-08-05
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.
The end result, A Southern Yankee (1948), remains an enjoyable farce to this day, in no small part due to the contributions made to the project by Buster Keaton. The narrative opens in Civil War-era St. Louis, where bumbling bellboy Aubrey Fillmore (Skelton) fantasizes about the military service for which he was deemed unfit.
- Edward Sedgwick, S. Sylvan Simon, Earl Mcevoy
- Red Skelton
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. ...
A Southern Yankee (1948) Red Skelton plays Aubrey Filmore, a bellhop at a St. Louis hotel who daydreams about helping catch Rebel spies. He’d like nothing better than to be a member of the Union secret service. Well, it just so happens that the Union Army is looking for a Confederate spy known as the Grey Spider, a master saboteur.
Jun 12, 2012 · A Southern Yankee (1948) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #ASouthernYankeeRed Skelton plays Aubrey Filmore, a feather-brained but lovable bellboy who dreams of bec...
- 2 min
- 8.4K
- Warner Bros. Classics
A Southern Yankee. Released Aug 5, 1948 1h 30m Comedy List. Reviews 29% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Eager but inept bellhop Aubrey Filmore (Red Skelton) wants to help the Union defeat the ...
- Comedy
