The Burning Cross
A Daring Expose of the K.K.K.
1947 | 77m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Walter Colmes |
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| Writer: | Aubrey Wisberg |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Sep 01, 1947 |
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| Director: | Walter Colmes |
| Writer: | Aubrey Wisberg |
| Genres: | Crime |
| Keywords | ku klux klan, murder, prejudice, social commentary, racism, intimidation |
| Production Companies | Somerset Pictures Corp. |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $150 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Alexander Pope | Howard Gibbons |
| Joel Fluellen | Charlie West |
| John Fostini | Tony Areni |
| Walden Boyle | Investigator Walter Strickland |
| Richard Bailey | Eddie "Pel" Pelham |
| Jack Shutta | Police Lt. Ira Hill |
| Ross Elliott | The Combative Striker |
| Herb Vigran | Jim Todd |
| Madie Norman | Kitty West |
| Glen Allen | Bobby West |
| Tom Kennedy | Police Station Sergeant |
| Clinton Rosemond | Grandpa West |
| Matthew Beard | Shoeshiner (uncredited) |
| Marion Brown | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Tom Daly | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Mike Donovan | Guard (uncredited) |
| Mollie MacIntosh | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Marjorie Manners | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Betty McMahon | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| William Murphy | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Helen Servis | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Jamesson Shade | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Ted Stanhope | Bill Elkins - Florist (uncredited) |
| Peggy Wynne | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Rory Mallinson | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Herbert Wilms | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Victor Zimmerman | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Selvyn Levinson | Idea |
| Aubrey Wisberg | Screenplay |
| Walter Colmes | Director |
| Frank Paul Sylos | Art Direction |
| Jacques Mapes | Set Designer |
| George Bahr | Property Master |
| George Moskov | Assistant Director |
| Walter Strenge | Director of Photography |
| Ferol Redd | Sound |
| Jason H. Bernie | Editor |
| Ted Larsen | Makeup Artist |
| James H. Wade | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Ralph Stanley | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Walter Colmes | Co-Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
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