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Colonel Effingham's Raid

  • 19461946
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 12m
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5.9/10
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Joan Bennett, Charles Coburn, and William Eythe in Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)
Comedy
In 1940, Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham (Charles Coburn), a retired Army officer, returns to his home town of Fredericksville, Georgia, and is disturbed at the lack of civic pride. He writes... Read allIn 1940, Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham (Charles Coburn), a retired Army officer, returns to his home town of Fredericksville, Georgia, and is disturbed at the lack of civic pride. He writes a letter to the editor in the local newspaper and attacks those who would do away with wi... Read allIn 1940, Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham (Charles Coburn), a retired Army officer, returns to his home town of Fredericksville, Georgia, and is disturbed at the lack of civic pride. He writes a letter to the editor in the local newspaper and attacks those who would do away with with traditions, especially those moving to tear down the old city hall and those who wish t... Read all
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
412
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    • Irving Pichel
    • Kathryn Scola(screenplay)
    • Berry Fleming(novel)
    • Frank Gabrielson(contract writer)
  • Stars
    • Charles Coburn
    • Joan Bennett
    • William Eythe
    • Irving Pichel
    • Kathryn Scola(screenplay)
    • Berry Fleming(novel)
    • Frank Gabrielson(contract writer)
  • Stars
    • Charles Coburn
    • Joan Bennett
    • William Eythe
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    • 13User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Charles Coburn
    Charles Coburn
    • Col. Will Seaborn Effingham
    Joan Bennett
    Joan Bennett
    • Ella Sue Dozier
    William Eythe
    William Eythe
    • Albert 'Al' Marbury
    Allyn Joslyn
    Allyn Joslyn
    • Earl Hoats
    Elizabeth Patterson
    Elizabeth Patterson
    • Cousin Emma
    Donald Meek
    Donald Meek
    • Doc Buden
    Frank Craven
    Frank Craven
    • Dewey
    Thurston Hall
    Thurston Hall
    • Ed - the Mayor
    Cora Witherspoon
    Cora Witherspoon
    • Mrs. Clara Meigs
    Emory Parnell
    Emory Parnell
    • Joe Alsobrook
    Henry Armetta
    Henry Armetta
    • Jimmy Economy
    Stephen Dunne
    Stephen Dunne
    • Prof. Edward 'Ed' Bland
    • (as Michael Dunne)
    Roy Roberts
    Roy Roberts
    • Army Capt. Rampey
    Carol Andrews
    Carol Andrews
    • Cafe Counter Waitress
    • (uncredited)
    Bobby Barber
    Bobby Barber
    • Man at Town Meeting
    • (uncredited)
    Oliver Blake
    Oliver Blake
    • Bill Silk
    • (uncredited)
    Barbara Brewster
    Barbara Brewster
    • Woman
    • (uncredited)
    Gloria Brewster
    Gloria Brewster
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
      • Irving Pichel
      • Kathryn Scola(screenplay)
      • Berry Fleming(novel)
      • Frank Gabrielson(contract writer) (uncredited)
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      A reference is made to a headline, "Nazis Sweep Through Norway," placing this film as taking place in April 1940. The Germans had invaded Norway on April 9. The movie was filmed from December 1944 through February 1945; it was not released until a year later, in February 1946. By that time, supporting player Henry Armetta had already been dead. (heart attack) for several months.
    • Goofs
      Ella Sue's second strike at bowling uses the same footage as the first strike.
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      Col. Will Seaborn Effingham: My people have always been soldiers. My grandfather fell at Chickamauga; his grandfather at Saratoga. When Beauregard fired on Fort Sumter, my own father, unfortunately was only nine.

      Earl Hoats: That WAS a little YOUNG.

      Col. Will Seaborn Effingham: I, myself, was wounded at San Juan Hill. I was at the seige of Panama. For fifty years, mister editor, the forces of civilization had been held at bay on the Isthmus... unable to join the waters of two great oceans. And do you know what blocked them? Gatling guns? Mini-balls? Superior forces? Guerilla bands?

      [shakes his head "no]

      Col. Will Seaborn Effingham: Mosquitoes.

      Earl Hoats: Well, perhaps one of my boys could fix up a little story for Sunday...

      Col. Will Seaborn Effingham: Stegomyia faciata.

      [scientific name of mosquito]

      Col. Will Seaborn Effingham: For half a century, the enemy - less than a quarter of an inch in stature - blocked the economic march of a nation of a hundred million people. It was insupportable.

      Earl Hoats: Well, Colonel...

      Col. Will Seaborn Effingham: We blockaded General Stegomyia, to wit: the mosquito. We cut him off from reinforcements. We hammered his communications.

      Earl Hoats: So you're back in Fredericksville for good, now, Colonel?

      Col. Will Seaborn Effingham: We sprayed his concentrations with oil. We screened his wells. We put fifth columns of fish in the water to attack his ammunition dumps. But, more of that another day.

    • Soundtracks
      (I Wish I Was in) Dixie's Land
      (uncredited)

      aka "Dixie"

      Music by Daniel Decatur Emmett

      Played during the opening credits and at the end

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    6/10
    Retired Army Hero needs a hobby...
    So, looking at the cast, you KNOW its going to be pretty good, and probably a comedy, with Charles Coburn (starred in Gentleman Prefere Blondes), and regulars Donald Meek, and Cora Witherspoon. Many of the roles on IMDb were either "scenes deleted" or "uncredited", so there must be a story there somewhere. Meek, Witherspoon, and Bobby Barber were in just about every black and with movie made in the 1930s and 1940s. Also stars Joan Bennett, and William Eythe, but their parts aren't that big. In our story, retired Colonel Effingham decides he wants to write a column in the local town paper, and becomes a local hero. But then, writing isn't enough, and he starts making waves, and taking action... We knew SOMETHING was going to start happening, since right from the beginning, he quotes sayings from the military, and treats everyone around him as if they WERE in the military. City Hall doesn't like the things he's doing, and now there's trouble brewing! It's the Mayor and his cronies versus the Colonel. The mayor is played by Thurston Hall, who was born in 1882, and had started in silent movies in 1915. Looking at his list of roles, Hall always played the governor, the senator, the major. There are some clever lines here, and no plot issues, but the story itself is plain and simple, and a little slow-moving. Also a little annoying is the narrator who occasionally breaks in with his personal comments (his cousin ?). Although this is the only entry in IMDb for the original author Berry Fleming, a search on Library of Congress shows numerous works by Fleming, translated in various languages. Released in Atlanta, Georgia, in January 1946, the last thing we see on the screen is "Buy Your War Bonds in this Theater". WWII had just ended, after all.
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      • December 15, 1948 (Mexico)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
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      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • 1 hour 12 minutes
      • Black and White

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