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The Burning Cross

A Daring Expose of the K.K.K.

Genres

Crime

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.

Details

Budget

$150

Revenue

$0

Runtime

77 min

Release Date

1947-09-01

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Vote Count

1

Vote Average

5

Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.

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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