Colonel Effingham's Raid
5.9
“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.
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Charles Coburn
Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham
Known for
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Lady Eve
Joan Bennett
Ella Sue Dozier
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Scarlet Street
The Woman in the Window
William Eythe
Albert 'Al' Marbury
Known for
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Song of Bernadette
Joan Bennet
Ella Sue Dozier
Allyn Joslyn
Earl Hoats
Known for
Only Angels Have Wings
Heaven Can Wait
Elizabeth Patterson
Cousin Emma
Known for
I Married a Witch
Remember the Night
Donald Meek
Doc Buden
Known for
Stagecoach
You Can't Take It with You
Frank Craven
Dewey
Known for
Son of Dracula
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Thurston Hall
Ed - the Mayor
Known for
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Black Room
Cora Witherspoon
Mrs. Clara Meigs
Known for
The Bank Dick
Dark Victory
Emory Parnell
Joe Alsobrook
Known for
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Foreign Correspondent
Henry Armetta
Jimmy Economy
Known for
The Black Cat
Street Angel
Irving Pichel Director · Kathryn Scola Screenplay Berry Fleming Author
United States release January 24, 1946 · Produced in United States · Production 20th Century Studios
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20th Century Fox
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20th Century Studios
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 24, 1946
Theatrical
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