Southern Yankee, A

Southern Yankee, ARed Skelton plays Aubrey Filmore, a feather brained but lovable bellboy who dreams of becoming an agent for the Union's secret service during the Civil War. He gets his chance when he inadvertently causes the capture of a notorious Confederate spy known as "The Grey Spider" and adopts the spy's identity. The plot thickens when Aubrey meets the beautiful Confederate agent Sallyann Weatharby (Arlene Dahl) and falls in love with her. He is then forced to

Adapted to the stage as Raffles

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Percy Kilbride

an Amazon named Sadie

What follows is a frothy and fun musical buoyed by a chipper cast and seven tunes by Ralph Blane and Harry Warren

His eventual success as a surgeon in Grant's army is overshadowed by his neglect for his family

Cook join forces and cook up some shenanigans to help them win the lovers they want

these unlikely conspirators risk life and limb in a mad scramble to gain the ultimate prize - $5 million in platinum ingots

run afoul of shore patrol and of course

in a departure from the typical criminal roles in his 1930s filmography

who noted that "Mr

Two brothers fleeing justice in Montana head to Canada