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The Burning Cross
Release Date: September 01, 1947
| Year | : | 1947 |
| Slogan | : | «A Daring Expose of the K.K.K.» |
| Genres | : | Crime |
| Production Companies | : | Somerset Pictures Corp. |
| Director | : | Walter Colmes |
| Producers | : | Walter Colmes |
| Writers | : | Aubrey Wisberg, Selvyn Levinson |
| RunTime | : | 77 mins. |
| Budget | : | 150 |
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.
Main Actors
Henry H. Daniels Jr.
Character : Johnny Larimer
Virginia Patton
Character : Doris Green
Dick Rich
Character : Lud Harris
Betty Roadman
Character : Agatha Larimer
Raymond Bond
Character : Dad Larimer
Matt Willis
Character : Mort Dauson
Alexander Pope
Character : Howard Gibbons
Joel Fluellen
Character : Charlie West
John Fostini
Character : Tony Areni
Walden Boyle
Character : Investigator Walter Strickland
Jack Shutta
Character : Police Lt. Ira Hill
John Doucette
Character : Toby Mason
Herb Vigran
Character : Jim Todd
Richard Bailey
Character : Eddie "Pel" Pelham
Madie Norman
Character : Kitty West
Glen Allen
Character : Bobby West
Tom Kennedy
Character : Police Station Sergeant
Ross Elliott
Character : The Murdered Picket
Matthew Beard
Character : Shoeshiner (uncredited)
Marion Brown
Character : Minor Role (uncredited)
Ted Stanhope
Character : Bill Elkins - Florist (uncredited)
Mollie MacIntosh
Character : Minor Role (uncredited)
Marjorie Manners
Character : Minor Role (uncredited)
Betty McMahon
Character : Minor Role (uncredited)
Helen Servis
Character : Minor Role (uncredited)
Peggy Wynne
Character : Minor Role (uncredited)
Jamesson Shade
Character : Minor Role (uncredited)
Tom Daly
Character : Minor Role (uncredited)
Mike Donovan
Character : Guard (uncredited)
Rory Mallinson
Character : Minor Role (uncredited)
William Murphy
Character : Minor Role (uncredited)
Herbert Wilms
Character : Minor Role (uncredited)
Victor Zimmerman
Character : Minor Role (uncredited)
Clinton Rosemond
Character : Grandpa West (bit)
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