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Colonel Effingham's Raid

Duration:

72 min

Genres:

Comedy

IMDB rate:

6.2

Director:

Irving Pichel

Details

Country: USA

Filming Locations: 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Bobby Barber

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

Cora Witherspoon

Mrs. Clara Meigs

Emory Parnell

Joe Alsobrook

Henry Armetta

Jimmy Economy

Stephen Dunne

Prof. Edward 'Ed' Bland (as Michael Dunne)

Roy Roberts

Army Capt. Rampey

Carol Andrews

Cafe Counter Waitress (uncredited)

Oliver Blake

Bill Silk (uncredited)

Boyd Davis

Jesse Bibbs (uncredited)

Robert Dudley

Pete (uncredited)

Edward Fielding

Mr. Clyde Manadue (uncredited)

Clyde Fillmore

Engineer (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Party Guest (uncredited)

Gus Glassmire

Man (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Party Guest (uncredited)

Henry Hastings

Courthouse Janitor (uncredited)

Hallene Hill

Woman (uncredited)

Olin Howland

Painter (uncredited)

Harry Humphrey

Man (uncredited)

Edward Keane

Dr. Evans

Alma Kruger

Mrs. Clyde Manadue (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Party Guest (uncredited)

Grant Mitchell

Maj. Anthony T. Hickock (uncredited)

Frank Orth

Wild Man (uncredited)

Clinton Rosemond

Servant (uncredited)

Nick Stewart

Ninety Eight the Orderly (uncredited)

Ferris Taylor

Wishum (uncredited)

Phil Tead

Advertising Manager (uncredited)

Charles Trowbridge

Bank President Sterling Tignor (uncredited)

David Vallard

Reporter (uncredited)

Charles Wagenheim

Man at Town Meeting (uncredited)

Cecil Weston

Teacher at Meeting (uncredited)

Elizabeth Williams

Guest at Tea (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

A reference is made to a headline, "Nazis Sweep through Norway", placing this film as being made after April 1940, as the Germans invaded Norway on the 9th of that month.

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Cousin Emma paraphrases the famous quote from Admiral David Farragut "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead".

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The WPA was the 'Work Progress Administration' (formerly the 'Works Projects Administration'), created by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1935 to create employment and revitalize communities across the USA. It was part of his New Deal strategy.

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Goofs

Ella Sue's second strike at bowling uses the same footage as the first strike.

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Quotes

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.

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Albert 'Al' Marbury: Well, you're not going to see the mayor right now, are you?

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Ella Sue Dozier: Then you're not discouraged, Colonel?

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