Film
General Spanky
1936Directed by Gordon Douglas, Fred C. Newmeyer
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
About General Spanky
- Comedy
- War
Synopsis
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.
- Directors
- Gordon Douglas
- Fred C. Newmeyer
- Writers
- Hal Yates
- Richard Flournoy
- John Guedel
