The Burning Cross
A Daring Expose of the K.K.K.
19471h 17mNo ratings yet
- Crime
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.
Keywords
- racism
- murder
- prejudice
- social commentary
- ku klux klan
- intimidation
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 1, 1947
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Somerset Pictures Corp.
- Cast
- Raymond Bond,Tom Daly,Herb Vigran,Henry H. Daniels Jr.,Marjorie Manners,Peggy Wynne,Joel Fluellen,Rory Mallinson,Helen Servis,Dick Richand 24 more
- Director
- Walter Colmes
- Cinematography
- Walter Strenge
- Music
- Ralph Stanley
- Budget
- $150
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0040194