Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)
Who Says You Can't Fight City Hall?
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.
- Release date
- January 24, 1946
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Charles Coburn as Col. 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
Crew
- Irving Pichel · Director
- Kathryn Scola · Writer
- Berry Fleming · Writer
- Lamar Trotti · Producer
- Cyril J. Mockridge · Composer
- Edward Cronjager · Cinematographer
- Harmon Jones · Editor