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.
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
Henry Armetta
Jimmy Economy
Stephen Dunne
Professor Edward 'Ed' Bland
Roy Roberts
Army Captain Rampey
Crew
Irving Pichel
Director
Kathryn Scola
Screenplay
Berry Fleming
Novel
Harmon Jones
Editor
Edward Cronjager
Director of Photography
Lamar Trotti
Producer
Kay Nelson
Costume Design
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
E. Clayton Ward
Sound
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Fred Sersen
Visual Effects
Emil Newman
Music Director
Cyril J. Mockridge
Music
Frances C. Richardson
Researcher
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Albert Hogsett
Art Direction
Gertrude Kingston
Research Assistant
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