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
Rory Mallinson
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Raymond Bond
as Dad Larimer
Matt Willis
as Mort Dauson
John Doucette
as Toby Mason
Peggy Wynne
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
as Police Station Sergeant
Ted Stanhope
as Bill Elkins - Florist (uncredited)
Richard Bailey
as Eddie "Pel" Pelham
Ross Elliott
as The Combative Striker
William Murphy
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Dick Rich
as Lud Harris
Marjorie Manners
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Henry H. Daniels Jr.
as Johnny Larimer
Betty Roadman
as Agatha Larimer
Matthew Beard
as Shoeshiner (uncredited)
Virginia Patton
as Doris Green
Joel Fluellen
as Charlie West
Herb Vigran
as Jim Todd
Clinton Rosemond
as Grandpa West