Marsha Mitchell, a traveling dress model, stops in a southern town to see her sister who has married a Ku Klux Klansman. Marsha witnesses the KKK commit a murder and helps District Attorney ... Read allMarsha Mitchell, a traveling dress model, stops in a southern town to see her sister who has married a Ku Klux Klansman. Marsha witnesses the KKK commit a murder and helps District Attorney Burt Rainey bring the criminals to justice.Marsha Mitchell, a traveling dress model, stops in a southern town to see her sister who has married a Ku Klux Klansman. Marsha witnesses the KKK commit a murder and helps District Attorney Burt Rainey bring the criminals to justice.
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
- Mrs. Rainey
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- Townsman on Courthouse Steps
- (uncredited)
- Interne
- (uncredited)
- Jury Foreman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaJoan Crawford was asked by studio boss Jack L. Warner to play Doris Day's sister in the film. Crawford declined, saying, "Come on, Jack. No one would ever believe that I would have Doris Day for a sister!"
- GoofsThe cabbie who declines to give Marsha a ride turns out to be a participant in the planned Klan lynching at the jailhouse, but he tells her to walk to the Recreation Center just 10 blocks away, knowing that she would need to pass the jailhouse on the way and possibly witness the crime. He could easily have driven her to her destination in a few minutes and still would have had plenty of time to drive back to the jailhouse to participate in the reporter's murder.
- Quotes
Burt Rainey: Just wearing that hood doesn't change your voice, Walker. Am I supposed to be afraid of you because your face is covered up? It'll take more than these sheets you're wearing to hide the fact that you're mean, frightened little people, or you wouldn't be here, desecrating the cross.
Charlie Barr: In the name of the imperial Klan...
Burt Rainey: Don't give me that Halloween routine.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Biography: Doris Day: It's Magic (1998)
- SoundtracksKiss Me Sweet
(uncredited)
Music by Milton Drake
Played when Marsha first goes to the recreation center
At a time when the government was far more interested in ferreting out "Communists"--who it was convinced were the driving forces behind the burgeoning civil rights movement--than it was in eliminating far more dangerous menaces like the Klan, it took guts for Warners to come out with a film like this. The movie actually was condemned as "Communist propaganda" by various right-wing groups, a charge Warners was used to by this time, and the studio courageously stood behind the film.
Day, Rogers, Reagan, even Steve Cochran are at the top of their form here. A previous poster has called this a "forgotten gem", and he hit the nail right on the head. This is a first-rate film that isn't as well known as it should be, and is most definitely worth a look.
- frankfob
- Jan 18, 2005
Details
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1