A Southern Yankee (1948)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, History, War
Release: 1948-08-05
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Writers: Harry Tugend , Melvin Frank , Norman Panama
Language: English
Stars: Red Skelton , Brian Donlevy , Arlene Dahl , George Coulouris , Lloyd Gough , John Ireland (I) (1914–1992) , Minor Watson , Charles Dingle , Art Baker , Reed Hadley
Runtime: 90 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Vaikea vakoilija (Finland) , Mon héros (France, French Republic) , Der Superspion (Austria) , Dagens hjälte (Sweden) , Der Superspion , O Vira-Casacas (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , My Hero (United Kingdom) , A Southern Yankee (United States of America) , El espía espiado (Mexico) , Den grå edderkop (Denmark) , Un sudista del Nord (Italy) , Un Yankeu sudist (Romania) , A Southern Yankee , A Southern Yankee (Canada) , Pisando em Brasas (Brazil) , El espía espiado (Argentina)
Plot: Aubrey Filmore (Red Skelton) is a bumbling bellboy in a Missouri town who pesters the Union officers there; he desperately wants to be a spy for the North in the American Civil War. When Filmore accidentally waylays an infamous Confederate spy known as "The Grey Spider" and is mistaken for him by the Rebels, the Union brass see it as an opportunity for real espionage - and though Filmore is a coward as well as a fool, his real motivation for derring-do is a sweet Southern girl named Sallyann, whom he will see again behind Southern lines.
IMDB:tt0040825