Colonel Effingham's Raid

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

Charles Coburn

as Colonel 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

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