Overview

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.

Top 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