Plot
Aubrey Filmore (Red Skelton) is a bumbling bellboy in a Missouri town who pesters the Union officers there; he desperately wants to be a spy for the North in the American Civil War. When Filmore accidentally waylays an infamous Confederate spy known as "The Grey Spider" and is mistaken for him by the Rebels, the Union brass see it as an opportunity for real espionage - and though Filmore is a coward as well as a fool, his real motivation for derring-do is a sweet Southern girl named Sallyann, whom he will see again behind Southern lines.
Written by
Harry Tugend, Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Directed by
Edward Sedgwick, S. Sylvan Simon
Crew
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Languages
English
Awards
N/A
Trailers
Scores
# of Votes
575
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA