Film

General Spanky

1936 · 1h 11m · Comedy · War

IMDb

5.9

Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat. After wronging a vicious gambler, Spanky and Buckwheat are forced to jump ship. Finding solace at a nearby house, the two are picked by Marshall Valiant for an important mission. This inspires Spanky to organize the local kids to form a small army of their own.

George McFarland

Spanky Leonard

Phillips Holmes

Marshall Valient

Ralph Morgan

Yankee General

Irving Pichel

Simmons

Rosina Lawrence

Louella Blanchard

Billie Thomas

Buckwheat

Carl Switzer

Alfalfa

Hobart Bosworth

Colonel Blanchard

Robert Middlemass

Overseer

James P. Burtis

Boat Captain

Louise Beavers

Cornelia

Willie Best

Henry

Ernie Alexander

Boat Passenger

Hooper Atchley

Slavemaster at Meeting

Harry Bernard

Bit

John 'Uh huh' Collum

Kid Army Member

• Gordon DouglasDirector
• Fred C. NewmeyerDirector
• Hal YatesWriter
• Richard FlournoyWriter
• John GuedelWriter
• Hal RoachProducer
• Art LloydDirector of Photography
• Walter LundinDirector of Photography
• Marvin HatleyOriginal Music Composer
• Ray SnyderEditor

Release date

December 11, 1936

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 11m

Genres

Comedy, War

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