A Southern Yankee
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| A Southern Yankee | |
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 1948 Theatrical Poster |
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| Directed by | Edward Sedgwick |
| Produced by | Paul Jones |
| Written by | Melvin Frank Buster Keaton (uncredited) Norman Panama Harry Tugend |
| Starring | Red Skelton Brian Donlevy Arlene Dahl George Coulouris Lloyd Gough John Ireland |
| Music by | David Snell |
| Cinematography | Ray June |
| Editing by | Ben Lewis |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | August 5, 1948 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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.
[edit] Cast
- Red Skelton as Aubrey Filmore
- Brian Donlevy as Kurt Devlynn
- Arlene Dahl as Sallyann Weatharby
- George Coulouris as Maj. Drumman
- Lloyd Gough as Capt. Steve Lorford
- John Ireland as Capt. Jed Calbern
- Minor Watson as Gen. Watkins
- Charles Dingle as Col. Weatherby
- Art Baker as Col. Clifford M. Baker
- Reed Hadley as Fred Munsey
- Arthur Space as Mark Haskins
- Joyce Compton as Hortense Dobson
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