General Spanky

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.

5.5

71 min

Cast

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

James P. Burtis

as Boat Captain

Louise Beavers

as Cornelia

Willie Best

as Henry

Ernie Alexander

as Boat Passenger

Hooper Atchley

as Slavemaster at Meeting

Harry Bernard

as Bit

John 'Uh huh' Collum

as Kid Army Member

Jack Cooper

as Bit

Richard DeNeut

as Kid Army Member

Jack Dougherty

as Captain Haden - General's Aide

Rex Downing

as Kid Army Member

Alex Finlayson

as Bit

Bud Geary

as Sentry in Blanchard Home

Walter Gregory

as Captain Gary

Karl Hackett

as First Mate

Henry Hall

as Slavemaster

Jack Hill

as Bit

Ham Kinsey

as Bit

Portia Lanning

as Bit

Frank LaRue

as Slavemaster

Eugene 'Porky' Lee

as Kid Army Member

Richard Neill

as Colonel Parrish

Flaette Roberts

as Flaette

Buddy Roosevelt

as Lt. Johnson

Jeffrey Sayre

as Man at Bulletin Board

Harry Strang

as Encampment Sentry

Harold Switzer

as Kid Army Member

Jerry Tucker

as Kid Army Member

Carl Voss

as Second Lieutenant

Slim Whitaker

as Bit

Robert Winkler

Director

Gordon Douglas

Fred C. Newmeyer