General Spanky

5.5

71 minutes

12/11/1936

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 List

George McFarland
as Spanky Leonard
Phillips Holmes
as Marshall Valient
Ralph Morgan
as Yankee General
Irving Pichel
as Simmons
Rosina Lawrence
as Louella Blanchard
Billie Thomas
as Buckwheat
Carl Switzer
as Alfalfa
Hobart Bosworth
as Colonel Blanchard
Robert Middlemass
as Overseer
James P. Burtis
as Boat Captain
Louise Beavers
as Cornelia
Willie Best
as Henry
Ernie Alexander
as Boat Passenger
Hooper Atchley
as Slavemaster at Meeting
Harry Bernard
as Bit
John 'Uh huh' Collum
as Kid Army Member
Jack Cooper
as Bit
Richard DeNeut
as Kid Army Member
Jack Dougherty
as Captain Haden - General's Aide
Rex Downing
as Kid Army Member
Alex Finlayson
as Bit
Bud Geary
as Sentry in Blanchard Home
Walter Gregory
as Captain Gary
Karl Hackett
as First Mate
Henry Hall
as Slavemaster
Jack Hill
as Bit
Ham Kinsey
as Bit
Portia Lanning
as Bit
Frank LaRue
as Slavemaster
Eugene 'Porky' Lee
as Kid Army Member
Richard Neill
as Colonel Parrish
Flaette Roberts
as Flaette
Buddy Roosevelt
as Lt. Johnson
Jeffrey Sayre
as Man at Bulletin Board
Harry Strang
as Encampment Sentry
Harold Switzer
as Kid Army Member
Jerry Tucker
as Kid Army Member
Carl Voss
as Second Lieutenant
Slim Whitaker
as Bit
Robert Winkler