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A Southern Yankee (1948)
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5 August 1948 (USA) morePlot:
Aubrey Filmore (Red Skelton) is a bumbling bellboy in a Missouri town who pesters the Union officers... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
A smart and funny comedy moreCast
(Credited cast)| Red Skelton | ... | Aubrey Filmore | |
| Brian Donlevy | ... | Kurt Devlynn | |
| Arlene Dahl | ... | Sallyann Weatharby | |
| George Coulouris | ... | Maj. Jack Drumman | |
| 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 | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Byron Foulger | ... | Mr. Duncan (scenes deleted) | |
| Edward Gargan | ... | A male nurse (scenes deleted) | |
| Bert Moorhouse | ... | Capt. Jeffreys (scenes deleted) | |
| Addison Richards | ... | Dr. Clayton (scenes deleted) | |
| Pierre Watkin | ... | Major (scenes deleted) | |
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Certification:
Australia:GFun Stuff
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Col. Clifford M. Baker: The paper's in the pocket of the boot with the buckle. The map's in the packet in the pocket of the jacket. Understand?Aubrey Filmore: Hmm?
Col. Clifford M. Baker: And if you get them mixed up, you're a dead goose.
Aubrey Filmore: Oh, well let's see now. The paper's in the pocket of the macket with a jacket, and the . . No, I see, the packet's in the . .
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Red Skelton shines in this funny stereo-typical movie from the forties. All in all, the movies feels as though it was written for Bob Hope whom I personally dislike in the movies. Skelton and Hop both used double entendres and fast quipped one-liners to good effect. The funny plot includes a union hotel bellhop who mistakenly finds and captures the most dangerous spy of the confederates during the civil war and is asked by superiors to impersonate him because if he were caught, it would not matter, he being dispensable. So start the laughs and they come at a minute a dime including a classic scene at a hospital involving a chase and a couple of dentists. Brilliant. Arlene Dahl does what she does and that is look extremely beautiful. It is said Buster Keaton worked behind the scenes on this movie and some have compared it to the General but I don't see the resemblance. The movie it most resembles is Bob hope's The Paleface, a scathological spoof of genres as this movie is. When you get to see it, have fun.