Colonel Effingham's Raid

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.

• Irving PichelDirector
• Kathryn ScolaScreenplay

• Charles CoburnColonel Will Seaborn Effingham
• Joan BennettElla Sue Dozier
• William EytheAlbert 'Al' Marbury
• Allyn JoslynEarl Hoats
• Elizabeth PattersonCousin Emma
• Donald MeekDoc Buden
• Frank CravenDewey
• Thurston HallEd - the Mayor
• Cora WitherspoonMrs. Clara Meigs
• Emory ParnellJoe Alsobrook
• Henry ArmettaJimmy Economy
• Stephen DunneProfessor Edward 'Ed' Bland