Colonel Effingham's Raid
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.
Crew and Cast
Irving PichelDirector
Charles CoburnColonel Will Seaborn Effingham
Joan BennettElla Sue Dozier
William EytheAlbert 'Al' Marbury
Allyn JoslynEarl Hoats
Elizabeth PattersonCousin Emma
Donald MeekDoc Buden
Frank CravenDewey
Thurston HallEd · the Mayor
Cora WitherspoonMrs. Clara Meigs
Emory ParnellJoe Alsobrook
Henry ArmettaJimmy Economy
Stephen DunneProfessor Edward 'Ed' Bland
Roy RobertsArmy Captain RampeyStoryline
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 24 January 1946
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB score
- 6.0 / 10 (7 votes)
Production
- Director
- Irving Pichel
- Writers
- Berry Fleming, Kathryn Scola
- Studios
- 20th Century Fox
- Countries
- United States of America
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- English