Cross of Fire
Brief Synopsis
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A two-part miniseries based on a true story. Set in Indiana in the 1920s, the story concerns a young woman who becomes a victim of the terrorist activities of the Ku Klux Klan. She eventually dies at the hands of charismatic political boss and Grand Dragon David Stephenson. The ensuing investigation
Cast & Crew
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Tony Mockus
Joneal Joplin
Richard Riehle
Frederick Newman
Gary Neal Johnson
Mimi Wickliff
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1989
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, USA; Lawrence, Kansas, USA; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Topeka, Kansas, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
A two-part miniseries based on a true story. Set in Indiana in the 1920s, the story concerns a young woman who becomes a victim of the terrorist activities of the Ku Klux Klan. She eventually dies at the hands of charismatic political boss and Grand Dragon David Stephenson. The ensuing investigation brings Stephenson to justice and marks the beginning of the decline of the Klan's reign of terror.
Cast
Tony Mockus
Joneal Joplin
Richard Riehle
Frederick Newman
Gary Neal Johnson
Mimi Wickliff
George Dzundza
Caroline Kava
Dakin Matthews
Edward Wiley
Douglas Roberts
Mel Harris
Gilbert Lewis
Stephen Root
Lynn Milgrim
Alan Clarey
T Max Graham
Olivia Virgil Harper
Kevin Brief
Paul Meier
Ford Rainey
David Morse
John Heard
Lloyd Bridges
Jennifer Glimpse
Pam Kristin
Donald Moffat
Peggy Frieson
Buzz Barton
James Shelby
Tracy Sloat
Christopher Curry
Marc Penny
Dion Anderson
Kim Hunter
Keith Szarabajka
Annie Kellogg
Jeris Lee Poindexter
Luke Reilly
William Schallert
Ray Reinhardt
Peggy Rea
Mark Robbins
Tim Snay
Crew
Robert Eli Bodford
Wardrobe
Bernadette Caulfield
Production Supervisor
Christopher Cooke
Editor
Robert Crais
Screenplay
Barbara Dumphy
Production Designer
Barbara Dumphy
Art Director
Joel Fields
Coproducer
Bill Goldstein
Music
Grover Helsley
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Leonard Hill
Executive Producer
Ron Lautore
Director Of Photography
Molly Lopata
Casting Director
William Mccaughey
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Susan Raney
Set Decorator
Richard D Rogers
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Fred Schultz
Sound
Kathi Wildman
Costume Supervisor
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1989
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, USA; Lawrence, Kansas, USA; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Topeka, Kansas, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States November 5, 1989
Aired in United States November 6, 1989
Began shooting May 17, 1989.
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