Colonel Effingham's Raid

Irving Pichel
1946-01-24

Who Says You Can't Fight City Hall?
5.7
72 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Charles Coburn Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham Unowned
Joan Bennett Ella Sue Dozier Unowned
William Eythe Albert 'Al' Marbury Unowned
Allyn Joslyn Earl Hoats Unowned
Elizabeth Patterson Cousin Emma Unowned
Donald Meek Doc Buden Unowned
Frank Craven Dewey Unowned
Thurston Hall Ed - the Mayor Unowned
Cora Witherspoon Mrs. Clara Meigs Unowned
Emory Parnell Joe Alsobrook Unowned
Henry Armetta Jimmy Economy Unowned
Stephen Dunne Professor Edward 'Ed' Bland Unowned
Roy Roberts Army Captain Rampey Unowned