Cross of Fire is a 1989 American television miniseries based on the rape and murder of Madge Oberholtzer by D. C. Stephenson, a highly successful leader of the Indiana branch of Ku Klux Klan. It stars John Heard as Stephenson and Mel Harris as Oberholtzer. Lloyd Bridges is also in the cast. It was originally shown in two parts. The first was watched by 17.5 million viewers and the second by 20.4 million. In syndication, it is shown as a television movie.
Cross Fire (1989)
Directed by Paul Wendkos
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American, Branch, Cast, D. C. Stephenson, Indiana, John, Ku Klux Klan, Murder Of Madge Oberholtzer, Oberholtzer, Stephenson, Violation
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Based On: based on actual events
Subject: about the Ku Klux Klan
Time Period: set in the
Subject: about the Ku Klux Klan
Time Period: set in the
Alternate Titles
Cross Fire
US
Cross of Fire
SE, US
Cross of Fire Deel 1
NL
Cross of Fire Deel 2
NL
Cruz de Fogo
PT
Cruz de Fuego
MX
La croix de feu
CA, FR
Liekehtivät ristit
FI
Ognisty krzyż
PL