| A Southern Yankee | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Edward Sedgwick |
| Produced by | Paul Jones |
| Written by | Melvin Frank Buster Keaton Norman Panama Harry Tugend |
| Starring | Red Skelton Brian Donlevy Arlene Dahl George Coulouris Lloyd Gough John Ireland |
| Music by | David Snell |
| Cinematography | Ray June |
| Editing by | Ben Lewis |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | August 5, 1948 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Southern Yankee (1948) is an American comedy film, directed by Edward Sedgwick, starring Red Skelton and Arlene Dahl, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A semi-remake of Buster Keaton's The General (1927), Skelton plays a Union soldier who spies for the Confederacy during the American Civil War.