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Director:
Edward Sedgwick
Writers:
Melvin Frank (story)
Norman Panama (story)
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Release Date:
5 August 1948 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Comedy | War | Western See more »
Plot:
Aubrey Filmore (Red Skelton) is a bumbling bellboy in a Missouri town who pesters the Union officers... See more » | Add synopsis »
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User Reviews:
A smart and funny comedy See more (9 total) »

Cast

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Red Skelton ... Aubrey Filmore

Brian Donlevy ... Kurt Devlynn
Arlene Dahl ... Sallyann Weatharby
George Coulouris ... Major Jack Drumman aka The Grey Spider
Lloyd Gough ... Captain Steve Lorford
John Ireland ... Captain Jed Calbern
Minor Watson ... General Watkins
Charles Dingle ... Colonel Weatherby
Art Baker ... Colonel 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 ... Male Nurse (scenes deleted)
Bert Moorhouse ... Captain Jeffreys (scenes deleted)
Addison Richards ... Dr. Clayton (scenes deleted)
Pierre Watkin ... Major (scenes deleted)
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) See more »

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Aubrey Filmore: Let's talk about living. See more »
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4 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
A smart and funny comedy, 2 June 2004
Author: raskimono

Red Skelton shines in this funny stereo-typical movie from the forties. All in all, the movies feels as though it was written for Bob Hope whom I personally dislike in the movies. Skelton and Hop both used double entendres and fast quipped one-liners to good effect. The funny plot includes a union hotel bellhop who mistakenly finds and captures the most dangerous spy of the confederates during the civil war and is asked by superiors to impersonate him because if he were caught, it would not matter, he being dispensable. So start the laughs and they come at a minute a dime including a classic scene at a hospital involving a chase and a couple of dentists. Brilliant. Arlene Dahl does what she does and that is look extremely beautiful. It is said Buster Keaton worked behind the scenes on this movie and some have compared it to the General but I don't see the resemblance. The movie it most resembles is Bob hope's The Paleface, a scathological spoof of genres as this movie is. When you get to see it, have fun.

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