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The Burning Cross
“A Daring Expose of the K.K.K.”
7.0 / 10• 1947• 1h 17m•NR• English
Crime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Henry H. Daniels Jr.
Johnny Larimer
Lead
Virginia Patton
Doris Green
Dick Rich
Lud Harris
Betty Roadman
Agatha Larimer
Raymond Bond
Dad Larimer
Matt Willis
Mort Dauson
John Doucette
Toby Mason
AP
Alexander Pope
Howard Gibbons
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Walter Colmes's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Burning Cross is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
