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General Spanky

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Calorie Rating: 100
Released: 1936-12-11
Running Time: 71 Minutes
Studios: Hal Roach Studios,


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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Cast

George McFarland
Character: Spanky Leonard
Phillips Holmes
Character: Marshall Valient
Ralph Morgan
Character: Yankee General

Irving Pichel
Character: Simmons
Rosina Lawrence
Character: Louella Blanchard
Billie Thomas
Character: Buckwheat

Carl Switzer
Character: Alfalfa
Hobart Bosworth
Character: Colonel Blanchard
Robert Middlemass
Character: Overseer

James P. Burtis
Character: Boat Captain
Louise Beavers
Character: Cornelia
Willie Best
Character: Henry

Ernie Alexander
Character: Boat Passenger
Hooper Atchley
Character: Slavemaster at Meeting
Harry Bernard
Character: Bit

John 'Uh huh' Collum
Character: Kid Army Member
Jack Cooper
Character: Bit
Richard DeNeut
Character: Kid Army Member

Jack Dougherty
Character: Captain Haden - General's Aide
Rex Downing
Character: Kid Army Member
Alex Finlayson
Character: Bit

Bud Geary
Character: Sentry in Blanchard Home
Walter Gregory
Character: Captain Gary
Karl Hackett
Character: First Mate

Henry Hall
Character: Slavemaster
Jack Hill
Character: Bit
Ham Kinsey
Character: Bit

Portia Lanning
Character: Bit
Frank LaRue
Character: Slavemaster
Eugene 'Porky' Lee
Character: Kid Army Member

Richard Neill
Character: Colonel Parrish
Flaette Roberts
Character: Flaette
Buddy Roosevelt
Character: Lt. Johnson

Jeffrey Sayre
Character: Man at Bulletin Board
Harry Strang
Character: Encampment Sentry
Harold Switzer
Character: Kid Army Member

Jerry Tucker
Character: Kid Army Member
Carl Voss
Character: Second Lieutenant
Slim Whitaker
Character: Bit



Production and Crew


Walter Lundin
Director of Photography
Roy Seawright
Visual Effects


Art Lloyd
Director of Photography
Marvin Hatley
Original Music Composer
Hal Roach
Presenter

Hal Roach
Producer

Sidney S. Van Keuren
Production Manager