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General Spanky

12/11/1936

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1hr 11min

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Comedy

,War

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • George McFarland
  • Phillips Holmes
  • Ralph Morgan
  • Irving Pichel
  • Rosina Lawrence

    Directors

  • Gordon Douglas
  • Hal Yates
  • Fred C. Newmeyer

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Hal Roach Studios

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

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

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