General Spanky
General Spanky
Release: 1936-12-11
·Runtime: 71m
·★ 5.5
Comedy
War
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Hal Roach Studios
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Willie Best
as Henry
Rex Downing
as Kid Army Member
Bud Geary
as Sentry in Blanchard Home
George McFarland
as Spanky Leonard
Hooper Atchley
as Slavemaster at Meeting
Jack Dougherty
as Captain Haden - General's Aide
Jeffrey Sayre
as Man at Bulletin Board
Billie Thomas
as Buckwheat
Robert Middlemass
as Overseer
Louise Beavers
as Cornelia
Alex Finlayson
as Bit
Harry Strang
as Encampment Sentry
Ralph Morgan
as Yankee General
Hobart Bosworth
as Colonel Blanchard
Henry Hall
as Slavemaster
Eugene 'Porky' Lee
as Kid Army Member
Richard Neill
as Colonel Parrish
Jerry Tucker
as Kid Army Member
James P. Burtis
as Boat Captain
Harry Bernard
as Bit
Jack Cooper
as Bit
Ham Kinsey
as Bit
Buddy Roosevelt
as Lt. Johnson
Slim Whitaker
as Bit
Phillips Holmes
as Marshall Valient
Irving Pichel
as Simmons
Rosina Lawrence
as Louella Blanchard
Carl Switzer
as Alfalfa
John 'Uh huh' Collum
as Kid Army Member
Karl Hackett
as First Mate
Frank LaRue
as Slavemaster
