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Burden Of Truth

Drama

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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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)

Craig Karr

Newscaster (voice)

Robert de Coy

Lloyd Martin

Thayer Roberts

Hiram Pearson

Roger Shearman

Camera Operator

Algernon G. Walker

Producer

David J. McDonald

Idea

Melvin Shapiro

Editor

Harry Reif

Set Decoration

Paul Glass

Music

Diana N. Loomis

Script Supervisor

Merl Edelman

Writer

Don Ament

Art Direction

Robert Agnew

Assistant Director

Ralph Woolsey

Director of Photography

Carlie Taylor

Makeup Artist

Karl Brainard

Property Master

W.A. Blanchard

Associate Producer

Philip Mitchell

Sound

A.B. Roberts

Boom Operator

Marjorie Corso

Wardrobe Master

J. Reid Rummage

Director

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