General Spanky (1936)
Directed by Gordon Douglas, Fred C. Newmeyer · 71 min · Comedy, War
4.2 TOPICAL score · #6,269 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
General Spanky (1936, directed by Gordon Douglas and Fred C. Newmeyer) has a TOPICAL score of 4.2 - ranked 6,269 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on historical impact. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Audiences: TMDB 5.8/10 (12 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 7 languages.
Why this score
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- AudienceTMDB 5.8/10 (12 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 7 languages
- Still read1,920 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: George McFarland, Phillips Holmes, Ralph Morgan (actor #1,791), Irving Pichel
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