General Spanky
1936 • Comedy | War
Gordon Douglas
Director
Hal Yates
Writer
Richard Flournoy
Writer
John Guedel
Writer
Fred C. Newmeyer
Director
Status
Released
Release date
December 11, 1936
Duration
71 Min
Language
en
Popularity
0.691
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Overview
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.
Cast
George McFarland
Phillips Holmes
Ralph Morgan
Irving Pichel
Rosina Lawrence
Billie Thomas
Carl Switzer
Hobart Bosworth
Robert Middlemass
James P. Burtis
Louise Beavers
Willie Best
Hooper Atchley
Harry Bernard
John 'Uh huh' Collum
Jack Cooper
Jack Dougherty
Rex Downing
Alex Finlayson
Bud Geary
Karl Hackett
Henry Hall
Ham Kinsey
Frank LaRue
Eugene 'Porky' Lee
Richard Neill
Buddy Roosevelt
Jeffrey Sayre
Harry Strang
Jerry Tucker
Slim Whitaker
