Burden Of Truth

Name: Burden Of Truth
Genre: Drama
Released: 1957
Duration: 67 min

1957 · 67 min

Drama

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Joe and Ella Mae Hamilton, having just moved into a new neighborhood, are confronted by an angry, jeering mob of whites outside their house. Joe thinks back on his life. According to press materials, the film's story was based on an idea "expressed by [United Steelworkers of America Union, distributor of the film] President David J. McDonald in a speech on civil rights given by him" in Los Angeles in September 1956.

Crew

Director J. Reid Rummage
Writer Merl Edelman
Director of Photography Ralph Woolsey

Cast

Hari Rhodes
Joe Hamilton
S
Shirley J. Shawn
Ella Mae Hamilton
Tom Selden
Jerry Pearson
C
Chick Hearn
Fight Broadcaster (voice)
H
Hank Simms
Announcer (voice)
L
Larry Berrill
Baseball Broadcaster (voice)
C
Craig Karr
Newscaster (voice)
R
Robert de Coy
Lloyd Martin
Thayer Roberts
Hiram Pearson

Crew

Director — J. Reid Rummage
Writer — Merl Edelman
Director of Photography — Ralph Woolsey

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