The Burning Cross
(1947)

A Daring Expose of the K.K.K.

Released: 1947-09-01

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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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Henry H. Daniels Jr.

as Johnny Larimer

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Virginia Patton

as Doris Green

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Dick Rich

as Lud Harris

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Betty Roadman

as Agatha Larimer

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Raymond Bond

as Dad Larimer

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Matt Willis

as Mort Dauson

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Alexander Pope

as Howard Gibbons

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Joel Fluellen

as Charlie West

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John Fostini

as Tony Areni

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Walden Boyle

as Investigator Walter Strickland

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Jack Shutta

as Police Lt. Ira Hill

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John Doucette

as Toby Mason

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Herb Vigran

as Jim Todd

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Richard Bailey

as Eddie "Pel" Pelham

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Madie Norman

as Kitty West

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Glen Allen

as Bobby West

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Tom Kennedy

as Police Station Sergeant

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Ross Elliott

as The Murdered Picket

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Matthew Beard

as Shoeshiner (uncredited)

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Marion Brown

as Minor Role (uncredited)

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George Moskov

Assistant Director

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Walter Strenge

Director of Photography

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Ralph Stanley

Original Music Composer

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Ted Larsen

Makeup Artist

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James H. Wade

Wardrobe Supervisor

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