A Southern Yankee
1948 film by Edward Sedgwick / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A Southern Yankee is a 1948 American comedy western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy and Arlene Dahl.
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Directed by | Edward Sedgwick |
Screenplay by | Harry Tugend |
Based on | Melvin Frank Norman Panama (From an Original Story) |
Produced by | Paul Jones |
Starring | Red Skelton Brian Donlevy Arlene Dahl |
Cinematography | Ray June |
Edited by | Ben Lewis |
Music by | David Snell |
Color process | Black and white |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Loew's, Inc. |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,482,000[1] |
Box office | $2,547,000[1] |
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The film is loosely based on Buster Keaton's The General (1926). Skelton plays a Union soldier who spies on the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Keaton served as a technical advisor for the film.