Colonel Effingham's Raid

Who Says You Can't Fight City Hall?

Colonel Effingham's Raid — Plot

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
• Runtime
• 72 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Romance
• Director
• Irving Pichel

Colonel Effingham's Raid — 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