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The Burning Cross (1947)

A Daring Expose of the K.K.K.

Genre : Crime

Runtime : 1H 17M

Director : Walter Colmes
Writer : Aubrey Wisberg

Synopsis

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.

Actors

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

Crews

Selvyn Levinson
Selvyn Levinson
Idea
Aubrey Wisberg
Aubrey Wisberg
Screenplay
Walter Colmes
Walter Colmes
Co-Producer
Walter Colmes
Walter Colmes
Director
Frank Paul Sylos
Frank Paul Sylos
Art Direction
Jacques Mapes
Jacques Mapes
Set Designer
George Bahr
George Bahr
Property Master
George Moskov
George Moskov
Assistant Director
Walter Strenge
Walter Strenge
Director of Photography
Ferol Redd
Ferol Redd
Sound
Jason H. Bernie
Jason H. Bernie
Editor
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Original Music Composer
Ted Larsen
Ted Larsen
Makeup Artist
James H. Wade
James H. Wade
Wardrobe Supervisor

Posters and backgrounds

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