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The Burning Cross(1947)
Status: Released
Date: 1947-09-01
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1 Votes
Time: 1h 17m
A Daring Expose of the K.K.K.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $150.00
ProductionCompanies:
Somerset Pictures Corp.
Movie: The Burning Cross
Top 10 Billed 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
John Doucette
Toby Mason
Joel Fluellen
Charlie West
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1947-09-01
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2.5 startsTagline
A Daring Expose of the K.K.K.
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