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.
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.
Johnny Larimer
Virginia Patton
Doris Green
Dick Rich
Lud Harris
Betty Roadman
Agatha Larimer
Raymond Bond
Dad Larimer
Matt Willis
Mort Dauson
Alexander Pope
Howard Gibbons
Joel Fluellen
Charlie West
John Fostini
Tony Areni
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)
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