Colonel Effingham's Raid
Who Says You Can't Fight City Hall?
Jan 24, 1946 · 1h 12m · Comedy, Romance
⭐ 5.7· 6 votes
Director Irving Pichel
Writer Kathryn Scola
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Overview
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.
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Cast
Charles Coburn
Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham
Joan Bennett
Ella Sue Dozier
William Eythe
Albert 'Al' Marbury
Allyn Joslyn
Earl Hoats
Elizabeth Patterson
Cousin Emma
Donald Meek
Doc Buden
Frank Craven
Dewey
Thurston Hall
Ed - the Mayor
Cora Witherspoon
Mrs. Clara Meigs
Emory Parnell
Joe Alsobrook
Henry Armetta
Jimmy Economy
Stephen Dunne
Professor Edward 'Ed' Bland
Roy Roberts
Army Captain Rampey
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