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Colonel Effingham's Raid( 1946)

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Who Says You Can't Fight City Hall?

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Charles Coburn

      Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham

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      Joan Bennett

      Ella Sue Dozier

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      William Eythe

      Albert 'Al' Marbury

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      Allyn Joslyn

      Earl Hoats

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      Elizabeth Patterson

      Cousin Emma

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      Donald Meek

      Doc Buden

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      Frank Craven

      Dewey

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      Thurston Hall

      Ed - the Mayor

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      Cora Witherspoon

      Mrs. Clara Meigs

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      Emory Parnell

      Joe Alsobrook

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      Henry Armetta

      Jimmy Economy

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      Stephen Dunne

      Professor Edward 'Ed' Bland

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      Roy Roberts

      Army Captain Rampey

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Apr 01 2023
    I found this to be quite an entertaining tale of the eponymous, curmudgeonly, old gent (Charles Coburn) who returns from the army to his home town, only to find that standards have gone to pot and that there is no longer any civic pride in the place. The culmination of this cultural disintegration is the proposed demolition of the dilapidated city hall on the town's rallying "Confederate Monument Sq.". Can he galvanise the locals into thwarting the plans of the city planners and of an increasingly indifferent population? Irving Pichel leaves almost all of the heavy lifting here to a competent C...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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