General Spanky
- Released on
- Runtime
- 71 mins
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.
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
- Ernie Alexander
- Hooper Atchley
- Harry Bernard
- John 'Uh huh' Collum
- Jack Cooper
- Richard DeNeut
- Jack Dougherty
- Rex Downing
- Alex Finlayson
- Bud Geary
- Walter Gregory
- Karl Hackett
- Henry Hall
- Jack Hill
- Ham Kinsey
- Portia Lanning
- Frank LaRue
- Eugene 'Porky' Lee
- Richard Neill
- Flaette Roberts
- Buddy Roosevelt
- Jeffrey Sayre
- Harry Strang
- Harold Switzer
- Jerry Tucker
- Carl Voss
- Slim Whitaker
- Robert Winkler
Director
- Gordon Douglas
- Fred C. Newmeyer
Producers
- Hal Roach
