The Burning Cross (1947)
1h 17m
Running Time
September 1, 1947Release Date
The Burning Cross (1947)
1h 17m
Running Time
September 1, 1947Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Henry H. Daniels Jr.
Johnny Larimer
Virginia Patton
Doris Green
Dick Rich
Lud Harris
Raymond Bond
Dad Larimer
Betty Roadman
Agatha Larimer
Walter Colmes
Director
Matt Willis
Mort Dauson
Aubrey Wisberg
Writer
Alexander Pope
Howard Gibbons
Raoul Kraushaar
Composer
Joel Fluellen
Charlie West
Walter Strenge
Cinematographer
John Fostini
Tony Areni
Jason H. Bernie
Editor
Walden Boyle
Investigator Walter Strickland
Jack Shutta
Police Lt. Ira Hill
John Doucette
Toby Mason
Herb Vigran
Jim Todd
Richard Bailey
Eddie 'Pel' Pelham
Madie Norman
Kitty West
Glen Allen
Bobby West
Tom Kennedy
Police Station Sergeant
Ross Elliott
The Murdered Picket
Matthew Beard
Shoeshiner (uncredited)
Marion Brown
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ted Stanhope
Bill Elkins - Florist (uncredited)
Mollie MacIntosh
Minor Role (uncredited)
Marjorie Manners
Minor Role (uncredited)
Betty McMahon
Minor Role (uncredited)
Helen Servis
Minor Role (uncredited)
Peggy Wynne
Minor Role (uncredited)
Jamesson Shade
Minor Role (uncredited)
Tom Daly
Minor Role (uncredited)
Mike Donovan
Guard (uncredited)
Rory Mallinson
Minor Role (uncredited)
William Murphy
Minor Role (uncredited)
Herbert Wilms
Minor Role (uncredited)
Victor Zimmerman
Minor Role (uncredited)
Clinton Rosemond
Grandpa West (bit)
Ted Larsen
Makeup Artist
Jacques Mapes
Set Designer
Frank Paul Sylos
Art Direction
George Bahr
Property Master
Ralph Stanley
Original Music Composer
George Moskov
Assistant Director
Selvyn Levinson
Idea
Ferol Redd
Sound
James H. Wade
Wardrobe Supervisor
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Burning Cross is a 1947 American drama film directed by Walter Colmes. It was written by Aubrey Wisberg and released by Screen Guild Productions.
The film depicts Ku Klux Klan activities and was censored in Virginia and Detroit.