The Burning Cross

The Burning Cross

1947
1h 17min

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.

The Burning Cross

Storyline

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.
    Released
    September 1947
    Runtime
    1h 17min
    Director
    Budget
    $150
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    English
    Production
    Somerset Pictures Corp.
Cast
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
Howard Gibbons
Joel Fluellen
Joel Fluellen
Charlie West
John Fostini
Tony Areni
Walden Boyle
Investigator Walter Strickland
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
Kitty West
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
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ted Stanhope
Ted Stanhope
Bill Elkins - Florist (uncredited)
Mollie MacIntosh
Minor Role (uncredited)
Marjorie Manners
Marjorie Manners
Minor Role (uncredited)
Betty McMahon
Minor Role (uncredited)
Helen Servis
Minor Role (uncredited)
Peggy Wynne
Peggy Wynne
Minor Role (uncredited)
Jamesson Shade
Minor Role (uncredited)
Tom Daly
Minor Role (uncredited)
Mike Donovan
Guard (uncredited)
Rory Mallinson
Rory Mallinson
Minor Role (uncredited)
William Murphy
William Murphy
Minor Role (uncredited)
Herbert Wilms
Minor Role (uncredited)
Victor Zimmerman
Minor Role (uncredited)
Clinton Rosemond
Clinton Rosemond
Grandpa West (bit)
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