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Director:
Writers:
Melvin Frank (story)
Norman Panama (story)
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Release Date:
5 August 1948 (USA) more
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Plot:
Aubrey Filmore (Red Skelton) is a bumbling bellboy in a Missouri town who pesters the Union officers... more | add synopsis
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A very funny movie more (9 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Red Skelton ... Aubrey Filmore

Brian Donlevy ... Kurt 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. Weatherby
Art Baker ... Col. Clifford M. Baker
Reed Hadley ... Fred Munsey
Arthur Space ... Mark Haskins
Joyce Compton ... Hortense Dobson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Byron Foulger ... Mr. Duncan (scenes deleted)
Edward Gargan ... A male nurse (scenes deleted)
Bert Moorhouse ... Capt. Jeffreys (scenes deleted)
Addison Richards ... Dr. Clayton (scenes deleted)
Pierre Watkin ... Major (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
My Hero (UK)
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Runtime:
90 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Col. Weatherby: Now, if you don't mind, the map, if you please.
Aubrey Filmore: Oh, the map, the map, the map . .
[to himself]
Aubrey Filmore: The map's in the packle of the bucket with the jeckle. No, the jacket's in the buckle of the pocket with the poodle - the boodle.
Col. Weatherby: Major Drummond, the map!
Aubrey Filmore: Yes, the map, the map, the map . .
[to himself]
Aubrey Filmore: The map's in the packle of the bugle with the pickle. No, no. The pocket of the boo - with the bagel. Not the bagel, the bugle, er, the buckle
[aloud]
Aubrey Filmore: That's it, the boot with the buckle.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V) more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
A very funny movie, 19 April 2002
Author: Big Cat 12 from USA

This movie is about a hotel bell boy who wants to be a soldier in the Civil War (Red Skeleton's role). By sheer luck,he becomes a spy (Northern spy pretending to be a Southern). The flag carrying scene (I won't give it away anymore) is definitely one of the funniest scenes I have ever seen. My only critique is that the last part of the movie was not quite as humorous as the first part (at least in my opinion). However, this movie is definitely worth seeing.

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