The Burning Cross

Sep 1, 1947

1h 17m

★ 5.0

A Daring Expose of the K.K.K.

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Somerset Pictures Corp.

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Cast

Johnny Larimer

Henry H. Daniels Jr.

Doris Green

Virginia Patton

Lud Harris

Dick Rich

Agatha Larimer

Betty Roadman

Dad Larimer

Raymond Bond

Mort Dauson

Matt Willis

Toby Mason

John Doucette

Howard Gibbons

Alexander Pope

Charlie West

Joel Fluellen

Tony Areni

John Fostini

Investigator Walter Strickland

Walden Boyle

Eddie "Pel" Pelham

Richard Bailey

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