
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.

as Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham

as Ella Sue Dozier

as Albert 'Al' Marbury

as Earl Hoats

as Cousin Emma

as Doc Buden

as Dewey

as Ed - the Mayor

as Mrs. Clara Meigs

as Joe Alsobrook

as Jimmy Economy

as Professor Edward 'Ed' Bland

as Army Captain Rampey