The Burning Cross
“A Daring Expose of the K.K.K.”
1947•NR•1h 17m•7.0•Released
Crime
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.
Director
Walter Colmes
Writer
Aubrey Wisberg
Budget
$0M
Languages
English
Studio
Somerset Pictures Corp.
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
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