United States / Dec 11, 1936
1h 11min
Overall average
5.0/10
Videos
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Hobart Bosworth | Colonel Blanchard |
| Robert Middlemass | Overseer |
| James P. Burtis | Boat Captain |
| Louise Beavers | Cornelia |
| Willie Best | Henry |
| Ernie Alexander | Boat Passenger |
| Hooper Atchley | Slavemaster at Meeting |
| Harry Bernard | Bit |
| John 'Uh huh' Collum | Kid Army Member |
| Jack Cooper | Bit |
| Richard DeNeut | Kid Army Member |
| Jack Dougherty | Captain Haden - General's Aide |
| Rex Downing | Kid Army Member |
| Alex Finlayson | Bit |
| Bud Geary | Sentry in Blanchard Home |
| Walter Gregory | Captain Gary |
| Karl Hackett | First Mate |
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| Henry Hall | Slavemaster |
| Jack Hill | Bit |
| Ham Kinsey | Bit |
| Portia Lanning | Bit |
| Frank LaRue | Slavemaster |
| Eugene 'Porky' Lee | Kid Army Member |
| Richard Neill | Colonel Parrish |
| Flaette Roberts | Flaette |
| Buddy Roosevelt | Lt. Johnson |
| Jeffrey Sayre | Man at Bulletin Board |
| Harry Strang | Encampment Sentry |
| Harold Switzer | Kid Army Member |
| Jerry Tucker | Kid Army Member |
| Carl Voss | Second Lieutenant |
| Slim Whitaker | Bit |
| Robert Winkler |
Genres
ComedyWar
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | General Spanky |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Hal Roach Studios |
| Release date | 11 dicembre 1936 |
| Production | Hal Roach |
| Writer | Richard Flournoy, Hal Yates, John Guedel |
| Casting | Joe Rivkin |
| Editing | Ray Snyder |
| Cinematography | Art Lloyd, Walter Lundin |
| Assistant directors | Gordon Douglas, Fred C. Newmeyer |
| Camera operators | Art Lloyd, Walter Lundin |
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| Additional photography | Art Lloyd, Walter Lundin |
| Production design | Arthur I. Royce, William Stevens |
| Art direction | Arthur I. Royce, William Stevens |
| Set decoration | Arthur I. Royce, William Stevens |
| Visual effects | Roy Seawright |
| Music | Marvin Hatley, Elmer Raguse, William Randall Sr. |
| Sound | Marvin Hatley, Elmer Raguse, William Randall Sr. |
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