Burden Of Truth

Duration: 67 min

Release date: 1957-01-01

IMDB

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.

Drama

Burden Of Truth

Casting arrow_drop_down

as Joe Hamilton

Shirley J. Shawn

Shirley J. Shawn

as Ella Mae Hamilton

as Jerry Pearson

as Fight Broadcaster (voice)

as Announcer (voice)

as Baseball Broadcaster (voice)

as Newscaster (voice)

as Lloyd Martin

as Hiram Pearson

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Crew arrow_drop_down

Camera Operator

David J. McDonald

David J. McDonald

Algernon G. Walker

Algernon G. Walker

Associate Producer

Director of Photography

Assistant Director

Diana N. Loomis

Diana N. Loomis

Script Supervisor

Wardrobe Master

Philip Mitchell

Philip Mitchell

Property Master

J. Reid Rummage

J. Reid Rummage

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