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The Burning Cross (1947)

The Burning Cross (1947)

Crime

A Daring Expose of the K.K.K.

Release Date: 1947, September 1
Directors: Walter Colmes
Countries: United States of America
Production: Somerset Pictures Corp., Somerset Pictures Corp.
Cast: Alexander Pope, Matt Willis, Matthew Beard, Virginia Patton, John Doucette, Tom Kennedy, Ted Stanhope, John Fostini, Herb Vigran, Rory Mallinson, Walden Boyle, Mike Donovan

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:

intimidation murder racism ku klux klan social commentary prejudice