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
