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. Produced and distributed by the Lutheran Laymen's League, it had its world premiere in Burbank, California on July 1, 1949.

Cast list

Kent Taylor as Rev. John Burnside, aka Comrade X-14

Gloria Holden as Louise Canon

Gene Lockhart as James Johnson

David Bruce as George Hart

Emmett Vogan as Walt Deems

Kathleen Lockhart as Martha Deems

Margaret Kerry as Betty Deems

Arthur Stone as Tommy Deems

Dudley Dickerson as Horatio

Adeline De Walt Reynolds as Mrs. Burnside

John Eldredge as Rev. Dodge

Ivan Triesault as Morse

Charles Halton as Dr. Short

Gene Roth as Pakin

Gayne Whitman as Tim Matthews

Philip Ahn as Chinese official

Victor Sen Yung as Chinese official

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1949 drama films

1949 films

American drama films

American black-and-white films

Films directed by Frank R. Strayer

1940s American films

The Sickle or the Cross