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The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
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Mar 3, 2018 · via TMDB
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Lillian Gish
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Mae Marsh
Flora Cameron
Henry B. Walthall
Col. Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper
Margaret Cameron
Mary Alden
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Ralph Lewis
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
George Siegmann
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Walter Long
Gus
Robert Harron
Tod
Wallace Reid
Jeff, the Blacksmith
Joseph Henabery
Abraham Lincoln
Elmer Clifton
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
Josephine Crowell
Mrs. Cameron
Spottiswoode Aitken
Dr. Cameron
George Beranger
Wade Cameron
Maxfield Stanley
Duke Cameron
Jennie Lee
Mammy
Donald Crisp
Gen. U.S. Grant
Howard Gaye
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Sam De Grasse
Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)
Fred Burns
Klansman (uncredited)
Allan Sears
Klansman (uncredited)
Elmo Lincoln
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Black Woman (uncredited)
Raoul Walsh
John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
Monte Blue
(uncredited)
Bob Burns
Klan Leader (uncredited)
Edmund Burns
Klansman (uncredited)
Peggy Cartwright
Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited)
Dark Cloud
General (uncredited)
John Ford
Klansman (uncredited)
Olga Grey
Laura Keene (uncredited)
Alberta Lee
Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)
Eugene Pallette
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Alma Rubens
Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
Charles Stevens
Volunteer (uncredited)
Jules White
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
David Butler
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Mary Wynn
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Allan Dwan
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Donald Crisp
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Elmer Clifton
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Erich von Stroheim
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Jack Conway
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Joseph Henabery
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Monte Blue
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Raoul Walsh
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Assistant Director
Tom Wilson
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W.S. Van Dyke
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D.W. Griffith
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D.W. Griffith
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Raoul Walsh
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D.W. Griffith
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D.W. Griffith
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D.W. Griffith
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