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Hot on the heels of Columbia's The Fuller Brush Man, MGM released another Red Skelton gagfest, A Southern Yankee. Set during the Civil War, the film casts Skelton as bumbling bellboy Aubrey Filmore. Yearning to help the Northern cause by becoming an undercover spy, Aubrey succeeds beyond his wildest dreams when circumstances force him to pose as notorious Southern secret agent Major Drumman (George Coulouris), aka "The Grey Spider". Infiltrating rebel territory, our hero does his best (which is
Dec 11, 1991
Cast
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Red Skelton
Aubrey Filmore -
Brian Donlevy
Curt 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. Weatharby -
Art Baker
Col. Clifford M. Baker -
Reed Hadley
Fred Munsey -
Arthur Space
Mark Haskins -
Richard Alexander
Bartender -
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Cliff Clark
Dr. Cooper -
Joyce Compton
Hortense Dobson -
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Jeff Corey
Union Cavalry Sergeant -
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Byron Foulger
Mr. Duncan -
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Edward Gargan
Male Nurse -
Frank S. Hagney
Horseman -
Paul Harvey
Mr. Twitchell -
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Bill Kennedy
Lt. Sheve -
James Logan
Man -
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Frank McGrath
Dispatch Rider -
Wally Merrill
Confederate Soldier -
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Bert Moorhouse
Captain -
Forbes Murray
Officer -
David Newell
Sentry -
Paul Newlan
Man with Saber -
William 'Bill' Phillips
Soldier -
Addison Richards
Dr. Clayton -
Carl Saxe
Sentry -
David Sharpe
Confederate Officer -
Ann Staunton
Nurse -
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Pierre Watkin
Major -
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Henry Hall
Thaddeus Drumman -
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John Hilton
Orderly -
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Susan Simon
Jenny -
Dick Simmons
S.S. Man -
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