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General Spanky (1936)
Directed by Gordon Douglas, Fred C. Newmeyer
Comedy, War · 1h 11m
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
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
Crew
- Director
- Gordon Douglas, Fred C. Newmeyer
- Writer
- Hal Yates, Richard Flournoy, John Guedel
- Director of Photography
- Walter Lundin, Art Lloyd
- Original Music Composer
- Marvin Hatley
- Editor
- Ray Snyder
- Producer
- Hal Roach
Details
- Release date
- 1936-12-11
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Genres
- Comedy, War
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Hal Roach Studios