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The Sickle or the Cross
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = The Sickle or the Cross
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| director = Frank Strayer
| producer = Roland Reed
| writer =
| screenplay = Jesse L. Lasky Jr.
| story = T. G. Eggers
| based_on =
| starring = Kent Taylor
Gloria Holden
Gene Lockhart
| narrator =
| music = Alberto Colombo
| cinematography = Walter Strenge
| editing = Roy Luby
| studio = Lutheran Laymen's League
| distributor = Lutheran Laymen's League
| released =
| runtime = 74 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
'The Sickle or the Cross' is a 1949 American drama film directed by Frank Strayer, which stars Kent Taylor, Gloria Holden, and Gene Lockhart. The screenplay was written by Jesse L. Lasky Jr. from an original story by T. G. Eggers. Produced and distributed by the Lutheran Laymen's League, it had its world premiere in Burbank, California on July 1, 1949.
Cast list
* Kent Taylor as Rev. John Burnside, aka Comrade X-14
* Gloria Holden as Louise Canon
* Gene Lockhart as James Johnson
* David Bruce as George Hart
* Emmett Vogan as Walt Deems
* Kathleen Lockhart as Martha Deems
* Margaret Kerry as Betty Deems
* Arthur Stone as Tommy Deems
* Dudley Dickerson as Horatio
* Adeline De Walt Reynolds as Mrs. Burnside
* John Eldredge as Rev. Dodge
* Ivan Triesault as Morse
* Charles Halton as Dr. Short
* Gene Roth as Pakin
* Gayne Whitman as Tim Matthews
* Philip Ahn as Chinese official
* Victor Sen Yung as Chinese official
References
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