Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)
1h 12m
Running Time
January 24, 1946Release Date
Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)
1h 12m
Running Time
January 24, 1946Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Charles Coburn
Col. 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
Frank Gabrielson
Writer
Cora Witherspoon
Mrs. Clara Meigs
Henry Armetta
Jimmy Economy
Emory Parnell
Joe Alsobrook
Stephen Dunne
Professor Edward 'Ed' Bland
Irving Pichel
Director
Roy Roberts
Army Captain Rampey
Kathryn Scola
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Colonel Effingham's Raid (UK title: Man of the Hour) is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Irving Pichel. It is also known as Berry Fleming's Colonel Effingham's Raid, Everything's Peaches Down in Georgia and Rebel Yell. The screenplay was written by Kathryn Scola, based on a 1943 novel by Berry Fleming. The music score is by Cyril J. Mockridge. The film stars Charles Coburn, Joan Bennett and William Eythe. The plot involves a retired career Army colonel who returns to his hometown, starts writing a column in a local newspaper and takes on the corrupt local politicians to not replace the historic county courthouse.
Fleming based his novel on the Cracker Party and political corruption in Richmond County, Georgia.