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The Burning Cross 1947 Directed by Walter Colmes

A Daring Expose of the K.K.K.

Recently returned from WWII combat, unable to find a job, finding his sweetheart engaged to another man, and generally aware of the changes which have occurred in his hometown while he was away, a young man becomes easily talked into joining the Ku Klux Klan. Banned by the Virginia Board of Censors, and financed independently because no bank would loan money for it.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere Crime
Production Company Somerset Pictures Corp.
Budget $150
Release Date 1 September 1947
77 mins
Cast
Henry H. Daniels Jr. Johnny Larimer
Virginia Patton Doris Green
Dick Rich Lud Harris
Betty Roadman Agatha Larimer
Raymond Bond Dad Larimer
Matt Willis Mort Dauson
John Doucette Toby Mason
Alexander Pope Howard Gibbons
Joel Fluellen Charlie West
John Fostini Tony Areni
Walden Boyle Investigator Walter Strickland
Richard Bailey Eddie "Pel" Pelham
Jack Shutta Police Lt. Ira Hill
Ross Elliott The Combative Striker
Herb Vigran Jim Todd
Madie Norman Kitty West
Glen Allen Bobby West
Tom Kennedy Police Station Sergeant
Clinton Rosemond Grandpa West
Matthew Beard Shoeshiner (uncredited)
Marion Brown Minor Role (uncredited)
Tom Daly Minor Role (uncredited)
Mike Donovan Guard (uncredited)
Mollie MacIntosh Minor Role (uncredited)
Marjorie Manners Minor Role (uncredited)
Betty McMahon Minor Role (uncredited)
William Murphy Minor Role (uncredited)
Helen Servis Minor Role (uncredited)
Jamesson Shade Minor Role (uncredited)
Ted Stanhope Bill Elkins - Florist (uncredited)
Peggy Wynne Minor Role (uncredited)
Rory Mallinson Minor Role (uncredited)
Herbert Wilms Minor Role (uncredited)
Victor Zimmerman Minor Role (uncredited)
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