The Burning Cross
The Burning Cross
Release: 1947-09-01
·Runtime: 77m
·★ 5.0
Crime
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Somerset Pictures Corp.
Cast
Dick Rich
as Lud Harris
John Doucette
as Toby Mason
Tom Kennedy
as Police Station Sergeant
Matt Willis
as Mort Dauson
Matthew Beard
as Shoeshiner (uncredited)
Henry H. Daniels Jr.
as Johnny Larimer
Betty Roadman
as Agatha Larimer
Raymond Bond
as Dad Larimer
Herb Vigran
as Jim Todd
Clinton Rosemond
as Grandpa West
Virginia Patton
as Doris Green
Joel Fluellen
as Charlie West
Rory Mallinson
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Ross Elliott
as The Combative Striker
Richard Bailey
as Eddie "Pel" Pelham
Marjorie Manners
as Minor Role (uncredited)
William Murphy
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Ted Stanhope
as Bill Elkins - Florist (uncredited)
Peggy Wynne
as Minor Role (uncredited)
