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Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)

"Who Says You Can't Fight City Hall?"

5.7/10 1h 12m Jan 24, 1946
Comedy Romance

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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Movie Details

Original Title Colonel Effingham's Raid
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 1.2

Cast

Charles Coburn
Charles Coburn
Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham
Popularity: 0.8
Joan Bennett
Joan Bennett
Ella Sue Dozier
Popularity: 1.2
William Eythe
William Eythe
Albert 'Al' Marbury
Popularity: 1.1
Allyn Joslyn
Allyn Joslyn
Earl Hoats
Popularity: 0.3
Elizabeth Patterson
Elizabeth Patterson
Cousin Emma
Popularity: 6.6
Donald Meek
Donald Meek
Doc Buden
Popularity: 0.5
Frank Craven
Frank Craven
Dewey
Popularity: 1.0
Thurston Hall
Thurston Hall
Ed - the Mayor
Popularity: 0.4
Cora Witherspoon
Cora Witherspoon
Mrs. Clara Meigs
Popularity: 0.2
Emory Parnell
Emory Parnell
Joe Alsobrook
Popularity: 0.6
Henry Armetta
Henry Armetta
Jimmy Economy
Popularity: 1.6
Stephen Dunne
Stephen Dunne
Professor Edward 'Ed' Bland
Popularity: 0.7

Key Crew

Music Cyril J. Mockridge
Editor Harmon Jones
Director Irving Pichel
Producer Lamar Trotti
Screenplay Kathryn Scola

Production

20th Century Fox
US

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Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 6/10
Apr 1, 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 i ... Read more

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Details
Release Date January 24, 1946
Runtime 1h 12m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 1.2
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