General Spanky

71 mins
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

Spanky Leonard

Phillips Holmes

Marshall Valient

Ralph Morgan

Yankee General

Rosina Lawrence

Louella Blanchard

Billie Thomas

Buckwheat

Hobart Bosworth

Colonel Blanchard

James P. Burtis

Boat Captain

Ernie Alexander

Boat Passenger

Hooper Atchley

Slavemaster at Meeting

John 'Uh huh' Collum

Kid Army Member

Richard DeNeut

Kid Army Member

Jack Dougherty

Captain Haden - General's Aide

Rex Downing

Kid Army Member

Bud Geary

Sentry in Blanchard Home

Walter Gregory

Captain Gary

Karl Hackett

First Mate

Henry Hall

Slavemaster

Frank LaRue

Slavemaster

Eugene 'Porky' Lee

Kid Army Member

Richard Neill

Colonel Parrish

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

Hal Yates

Writer

Walter Lundin

Director of Photography

Joe Rivkin

Casting

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

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