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1947

The Burning Cross

Directed by Walter Colmes
A Daring Expose of the K.K.K.

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.

Duration

1h 17m

Released

September 1, 1947

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Cast34

  • Henry H. Daniels Jr.
  • Virginia Patton
  • Dick Rich
  • Betty Roadman
  • Raymond Bond
  • Matt Willis
  • John Doucette
  • Alexander Pope
  • Joel Fluellen

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