A Southern Yankee
A Southern Yankee (5-Aug-1948)
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Writers: Melvin Frank; Buster Keaton; Norman Panama; Harry Tugend
Keywords: Western/Comedy, Bellhop, Civil War, Espionage
A bellhop in St. Louis with Union sympathies captures an important Confederate spy, The Gray Spider, then is asked to impersonate him. He is given two documents: phony plans, and instructions for another Union spy; to remember which is which, "The paper's in the pocket of the boot with the buckle. The map's in the packet in the pocket of the jacket." You can guess what happens. Nonstop rapid-fire slapstick in Red Skelton's most successful film.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyce Compton | Actor | 27-Jan-1907 | 13-Oct-1997 | Blonde character actress |
| George Coulouris | Actor | 1-Oct-1903 | 25-Apr-1989 | Watch on the Rhine |
| Arlene Dahl | Actor | 11-Aug-1928 | Three Little Words | |
| Charles Dingle | Actor | 28-Dec-1887 | 19-Jan-1956 | The Little Foxes |
| Brian Donlevy | Actor | 9-Feb-1901 | 5-Apr-1972 | The Great McGinty |
| Lloyd Gough | Actor | 21-Sep-1907 | 23-Jul-1984 | Blacklisted character actor |
| Reed Hadley | Actor | 1-Jan-1911 | 11-Dec-1974 | Radio star of Red Ryder |
| John Ireland | Actor | 30-Jan-1914 | 21-Mar-1992 | All the King's Men |
| Red Skelton | Comic | 18-Jul-1913 | 17-Sep-1997 | The Red Skelton Show |
| Minor Watson | Actor | 22-Dec-1889 | 28-Jul-1965 | Guadalcanal Diary |
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