The Burning Cross

The Burning Cross

A Daring Expose of the K.K.K.

1947 en 77 minutes

Rating: 5

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

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

John Doucette

John Doucette

Toby Mason

Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope

Howard Gibbons

Joel Fluellen

Joel Fluellen

Charlie West

John Fostini

John Fostini

Tony Areni

Walden Boyle

Walden Boyle

Investigator Walter Strickland

Richard Bailey

Richard Bailey

Eddie "Pel" Pelham

Jack Shutta

Jack Shutta

Police Lt. Ira Hill

Ross Elliott

Ross Elliott

The Combative Striker

Herb Vigran

Herb Vigran

Jim Todd

Madie Norman

Madie Norman

Kitty West

Glen Allen

Glen Allen

Bobby West

Tom Kennedy

Tom Kennedy

Police Station Sergeant

Clinton Rosemond

Clinton Rosemond

Grandpa West

Matthew Beard

Matthew Beard

Shoeshiner (uncredited)

Marion Brown

Marion Brown

Minor Role (uncredited)

Tom Daly

Tom Daly

Minor Role (uncredited)

Mike Donovan

Mike Donovan

Guard (uncredited)

Mollie MacIntosh

Mollie MacIntosh

Minor Role (uncredited)

Marjorie Manners

Marjorie Manners

Minor Role (uncredited)

Betty McMahon

Betty McMahon

Minor Role (uncredited)

William Murphy

William Murphy

Minor Role (uncredited)

Helen Servis

Helen Servis

Minor Role (uncredited)

Jamesson Shade

Jamesson Shade

Minor Role (uncredited)

Ted Stanhope

Ted Stanhope

Bill Elkins - Florist (uncredited)

Peggy Wynne

Peggy Wynne

Minor Role (uncredited)

Rory Mallinson

Rory Mallinson

Minor Role (uncredited)

Herbert Wilms

Herbert Wilms

Minor Role (uncredited)

Victor Zimmerman

Victor Zimmerman

Minor Role (uncredited)

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