Colonel Effingham's Raid
Comedy
Romance
Who Says You Can't Fight City Hall?
The story takes place in 1940. On the eve of America's entry in World War II, a colonel retired to his small Southern town, and discovers that there is a plan afoot to tear down Confederate Monument Square. He begins a campaign to rally the townspeople to save the square.
1946-01-24
en
Cast
Director
Irving Pichel
Charles Coburn as Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham
Joan Bennett as Ella Sue Dozier
William Eythe as Albert 'Al' Marbury
Allyn Joslyn as Earl Hoats
Elizabeth Patterson as Cousin Emma
Donald Meek as Doc Buden
Frank Craven as Dewey
Thurston Hall as Ed - the Mayor
Cora Witherspoon as Mrs. Clara Meigs
Emory Parnell as Joe Alsobrook
Henry Armetta as Jimmy Economy
Stephen Dunne as Professor Edward 'Ed' Bland
Roy Roberts as Army Captain Rampey