General Spanky
General Spanky
General Spanky On Soap2Day. 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.
- Genre: Comedy, War
- Country: United States
- Director: Gordon Douglas
- Cast: George McFarland, Phillips Holmes, Ralph Morgan, Irving Pichel, Rosina Lawrence, Billie Thomas, Carl Switzer, Hobart Bosworth, Robert Middlemass, James P. Burtis, Louise Beavers, Willie Best, Ernie Alexander, Hooper Atchley, Harry Bernard, John 'Uh huh' Collum, Jack Cooper, Richard DeNeut, Jack Dougherty, Rex Downing, Alex Finlayson,