COLONEL EFFINGHAMS RAID (DVD) DVD

Colonel Effingham's Raid
Based on a novel by Barry Fleming, Colonel Effingham's Raid stars Charles Coburn in the title role. Upon retiring from the army, Effingham returns to his home town of Fredericksville, Georgia. Dismayed by the town's paucity of civic pride, the Colonel begins writing a newspaper column honoring Fredericksville's old traditions and chastizing those who would tear those traditions down. His pet peeve is the city administration's plan to rename Confederate Square after the pompous, mildly corrupt town mayor (Thurston Hall). When it seems that his protests are falling upon deaf ears, Colonel Effingham literally stage a "military assault" against City Hall, which in real life would get him thrown in the looney bin but which in a whimsical comedy of this nature results in a smashing success for the "good guys". If Colonel Effingham's Raid seems to be popping up on TV at a rate of once a day, it is because the film lapsed into public domain in 1973. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Joan Bennett as Ella Sue Dozier William Eythe as Al Allyn Joslyn as Earl Hoats Elizabeth Patterson as Emma Donald Meek as Doc Buden Frank Craven as Dewey Thurston Hall as Mayor Cora Witherspoon as Clara Meigh Emory Parnell as Alsobrook Henry Armetta as Jimmy Economy Roy Roberts as Capt Rampey Boyd Davis as Bibbs Charles Trowbridge as Tignor Frank Orth as Wild Man Nick Stewart [Nicodemus] as Ninety-Eight Robert Dudley as Pete Ferris Taylor as Wishum Grant Mitchell as Major Hickock Carol Andrews as Sadie George Melford as Park Commissioner Harry Hayden as Box Smith Charles Wagenheim as Young Man Olin Howland as Painter

Crew Lyle Wheeler - Art Director Albert Hogsett - Art Director Kay Nelson - Costume Designer Irving Pichel - Director Harmon Jones - Editor Cyril Mockridge - Composer (Music Score) Emil Newman - Musical Direction/Supervision Ben Nye, Sr. - Makeup Edward J. Cronjager - Cinematographer Lamar Trotti - Producer Thomas K. Little - Set Designer Ernest Lansing - Set Designer Fred Sersen - Special Effects Roger Heman - Sound/Sound Designer E. Clayton Ward - Sound/Sound Designer Kathryn Scola - Screenwriter Barry Fleming - Book Author

Colonel Effingham's Raid
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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: Sound Processing: Additional Features: none specified DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: Content Length: 72 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Chapter 1 [13:20] 2. Chapter 2 [11:12] 3. Chapter 3 [10:55] 4. Chapter 4 [13:30] 5. Chapter 5 [11:24] 6. Chapter 6 [9:45]