General Spanky

December. 11,1936

Rating：

5.8

Genre：

Comedy Family War

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Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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

Louise Beavers as Cornelia

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