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The Sickle or the Cross

7.019491h 14mMovieDramaWar

Reverend John Burnside, American missionary in the Far East, prepares to return home after twenty years to take up the fight against Communism. The Reds imprison him and send in his place a spy who is his double, but who is instructed to…

DirectorFrank R. Strayer
WriterJesse Lasky Jr.
ProducerRoland D. Reed

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Cast · Directed by Frank R. Strayer

KTKent Taylor
Kent Taylor
Rev. John Burnside
GHGloria Holden
Gloria Holden
Louise Cannon
GLGene Lockhart
Gene Lockhart
James John
EVEmmett Vogan
Emmett Vogan
Walter Deems
DBDavid Bruce
David Bruce
George Hart
KLKathleen Lockhart
Kathleen Lockhart
Martha Deems
MKMargaret Kerry
Margaret Kerry
Betty Deems
ASArthur Stone
Arthur Stone
Tommy Deems
DDDudley Dickerson
Dudley Dickerson
Horatio
ARAdeline De Walt Reynolds
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
Mrs. Burnside
RKRobert Emmett Keane
Robert Emmett Keane
Dr. Soams
JEJohn Eldredge
John Eldredge
Rev. Dodge

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