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Release Date:
September 1, 1947
Original Title:
The Burning Cross
Genres:
Crime
Production Companies:
Somerset Pictures Corp.
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 77
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.
Art Direction:
Frank Paul Sylos
Assistant Director:
George Moskov
Co-Producer:
Walter Colmes
Director:
Walter Colmes
Director of Photography:
Walter Strenge
Editor:
Jason H. Bernie
Idea:
Selvyn Levinson
Makeup Artist:
Ted Larsen
Original Music Composer:
Ralph Stanley
Property Master:
George Bahr
Screenplay:
Aubrey Wisberg
Set Designer:
Jacques Mapes
Sound:
Ferol Redd
Wardrobe Supervisor:
James H. Wade
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