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General Spanky

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Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky (Spanky McFarland) is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat (William "Buckwheat' Thomas). After wronging a vicious gambler (Irving Pichel), Spanky and Buckwheat are forced to jump ship. Finding solace at a nearby house, the two are picked by Marshall Valiant (Phillips Holmes) for an important mission. This inspires Spanky to organize the local kids to form a small army of their own.

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06/03/2017 Fun to watch Little Rascals out of normal context See more 02/10/2016 An intelligent spoof of war and slavery, made at a time when German Brown-shirts were making headlines. See more 02/23/2015 ok comedy from hal roach See more 01/26/2011 little rascals/our gang only feature length film besides the 220 shorts See more 01/26/2011 A really Long episode of the little Rascals starring spanky. set in the civil war is the only Little rascals That does not take place in the 30's. Hal roach wanted to make a series of Movies with spanky as the focus but this is the only one that was Made. if u are a classic Little Rascals fan watch this and be warned this movie does show the Uglyness and realism of Slavery of the time! See more 03/22/2010 Hilarious 1936 "our gang" comedy. Spanky recruits his own army and fights Union soldiers. Best quote: "I'm against fightin', but the fella I was fightin' against, wasn't." See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Gordon Douglas

Director

Fred Newmeyer

Director

George McFarland

Spanky Leonard

Phillips Holmes

Marshall Valient

Ralph Morgan

Yankee General

Irving Pichel

Simmons
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Movie Info

Synopsis Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky (Spanky McFarland) is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat (William "Buckwheat' Thomas). After wronging a vicious gambler (Irving Pichel), Spanky and Buckwheat are forced to jump ship. Finding solace at a nearby house, the two are picked by Marshall Valiant (Phillips Holmes) for an important mission. This inspires Spanky to organize the local kids to form a small army of their own.
Director
Gordon Douglas, Fred Newmeyer
Producer
Hal Roach
Screenwriter
Richard Flournoy, Hal Yates, John Guedel
Production Co
Hal Roach Studios Inc.
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jan 19, 2016
Runtime
1h 13m