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Colonel Effingham's Raid(1946)
Status: Released
Date: 1946-01-24
57%
6 Votes
Time: 1h 12m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Colonel Effingham's Raid
Top 10 Billed 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
Cora Witherspoon
Mrs. Clara Meigs
Emory Parnell
Joe Alsobrook
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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.
Release Date
1946-01-24
Average
5.7
Rating:
2.9 startsTagline
Who Says You Can't Fight City Hall?
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Languages:
English
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