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The Sickle or the Cross is a 1949 American drama film directed by Frank Strayer, which stars Kent Taylor, Gloria Holden, and Gene Lockhart. The screenplay was written by Jesse L. Lasky Jr. from an original story by T. G. Eggers.
The Sickle or the Cross: Directed by Frank R. Strayer. With Kent Taylor, Gloria Holden, Gene Lockhart, David Bruce. Reverend John Burnside, American missionary in the Far East, prepares to return home after twenty years to take up the fight against Communism.
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- Drama, War
- Frank R. Strayer
- 1949-07-01
1h 14m. As Communism spreads throughout the world, closing churches and forbidding worship, a group of American Christian laymen, headed by businessmen Tim Matthews and James Johnson and World War II veteran George Hart, learn that the Rev. John Burnside, who has been a missionary in several countries for twenty years, is returning home to ...
- Frank Strayer
- Kent Taylor
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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 come out for Communism.
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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 come out for Communism.
