The Burning Cross (1947)
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.
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
Richard Bailey
Eddie "Pel" Pelham
Ross Elliott
The Combative Striker
Herb Vigran
Jim Todd
Tom Kennedy
Police Station Sergeant
Clinton Rosemond
Grandpa West
Matthew Beard
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