General Spanky (1936)

ALL 12/11/1936 (en) Comedy, War 71 Min
  • Release
    12/11/1936
  • Production
    Hal Roach Studios
  • Rotten tomato
    50%
  • Original title
    General Spanky
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Story

  2. Ray Snyder

    Editor

  3. Hal Roach

    Producer



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  1. George McFarland

    Spanky Leonard

  2. Phillips Holmes

    Marshall Valient

  3. Ralph Morgan

    Yankee General

  4. Irving Pichel

    Simmons

  5. Rosina Lawrence

    Louella Blanchard

  6. Billie Thomas

    Buckwheat

  7. Carl Switzer

    Alfalfa

  8. Hobart Bosworth

    Colonel Blanchard

  9. Robert Middlemass

    Overseer

  10. James P. Burtis

    Boat Captain

  11. Louise Beavers

    Cornelia

  12. Willie Best

    Henry

  13. Ernie Alexander

    Boat Passenger

  14. Hooper Atchley

    Slavemaster at Meeting

  15. Harry Bernard

    Bit

  16. John 'Uh huh' Collum

    Kid Army Member

  17. Jack Cooper

    Bit

  18. Richard DeNeut

    Kid Army Member

  19. Jack Dougherty

    Captain Haden - General's Aide

  20. Rex Downing

    Kid Army Member

  21. Alex Finlayson

    Bit

  22. Bud Geary

    Sentry in Blanchard Home

  23. Walter Gregory

    Captain Gary

  24. Karl Hackett

    First Mate

  25. Henry Hall

    Slavemaster

  26. Jack Hill

    Bit

  27. Ham Kinsey

    Bit

  28. Portia Lanning

    Bit

  29. Frank LaRue

    Slavemaster

  30. Eugene 'Porky' Lee

    Kid Army Member

  31. Richard Neill

    Colonel Parrish

  32. Flaette Roberts

    Flaette

  33. Buddy Roosevelt

    Lt. Johnson

  34. Jeffrey Sayre

    Man at Bulletin Board

  35. Harry Strang

    Encampment Sentry

  36. Harold Switzer

    Kid Army Member

  37. Jerry Tucker

    Kid Army Member

  38. Carl Voss

    Second Lieutenant

  39. Slim Whitaker

    Bit

  40. Robert Winkler

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 40 , Crews : 18

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General Spanky (1936) 71 Min

ALL 12/11/1936 (en)
Comedy, War
  • Release 12/11/1936
  • Production
    Hal Roach Studios
  • Original title General Spanky
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Gordon Douglas, Fred C. Newmeyer

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Ray Snyder

    Editor

  4. Hal Roach

    Producer