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Storm Warning

Storm Warning

Behind this burning cross... Behind the loopholes in the law... Behind their cowardly hoods... They hide a thousand vicious crimes!

19516.71h 33m

Overview

A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sister.

Directed by Stuart Heisler
Written by Daniel Fuchs, Richard Brooks
Produced by Jerry Wald
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Top Cast

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

Marsha Mitchell

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Burt Rainey

Doris Day

Doris Day

Lucy Rice

Steve Cochran

Steve Cochran

Hank Rice

Hugh Sanders

Hugh Sanders

Charlie Barr

Lloyd Gough

Lloyd Gough

Cliff Rummel

Raymond Greenleaf

Raymond Greenleaf

Faulkner

Ned Glass

Ned Glass

George Athens

Paul E. Burns

Paul E. Burns

Frank Hauser

Walter Baldwin

Walter Baldwin

Coroner Bledsoe

Themes & Keywords

ku klux klanfilm noirmurderreporterwitness to murderwitness intimidation

About Storm Warning

Storm Warning is a drama, thriller film released in 1951 exploring themes of ku klux klan, film noir, murder, reporter, witness to murder, witness intimidation. Directed by Stuart Heisler, it stars Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan, Doris Day. A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sister.

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