Burden Of Truth (1957)
1h 7m
Running Time
January 1, 1957Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Hari Rhodes
Joe Hamilton

Shirley J. Shawn
Ella Mae Hamilton

Tom Selden
Jerry Pearson

Chick Hearn
Fight Broadcaster (voice)

Hank Simms
Announcer (voice)

Larry Berrill
Baseball Broadcaster (voice)

Jeane Wood
Dark-Haired Woman

Craig Karr
Newscaster (voice)

Robert de Coy
Lloyd Martin

Roy Darmour
Police Sergeant

Thayer Roberts
Hiram Pearson

Roger Shearman
Camera Operator

David J. McDonald
Idea

Melvin Shapiro
Editor

Paul Glass
Music

Merl Edelman
Writer

Algernon G. Walker
Producer

Harry Reif
Set Decoration

Carlie Taylor
Makeup Artist

Karl Brainard
Property Master

Ralph Woolsey
Director of Photography

Don Ament
Art Direction

Marjorie Corso
Wardrobe Master

A.B. Roberts
Boom Operator

Diana N. Loomis
Script Supervisor

W.A. Blanchard
Associate Producer

Robert Agnew
Assistant Director

Philip Mitchell
Sound
