General Spanky
5.8
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.
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George McFarland
Spanky Leonard
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Mike Fright
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Phillips Holmes
Marshall Valient
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Ralph Morgan
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Irving Pichel
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Louella Blanchard
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Billie Thomas
Buckwheat
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Carl Switzer
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Hobart Bosworth
Colonel Blanchard
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Robert Middlemass
Overseer
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James P. Burtis
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Gordon Douglas Director · Fred C. Newmeyer Director Richard Flournoy Writer
United States release December 11, 1936 · Produced in United States
Production
Hal Roach Studios
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 11, 1936
Theatrical
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