General Spanky
- Release Year
- 1936
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Family
- War
- Directed By
- Gordon Douglas
- Fred C. Newmeyer
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.
