Cross of Fire

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Cross of Fire
Genre	Biography Drama
Written by	Robert Crais
Directed by	Paul Wendkos
Starring	John Heard Mel Harris David Morse George Dzundza Donald Moffat Kim Hunter Lloyd Bridges
Music by
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Leonard Hill
Producers	(co-producer) (co-producer) (associate producer)
Cinematography
Editor	Christopher Cooke
Running time	200 minutes
Production company	Leonard Hill Films
Distributor	NBC
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Mono
Original release	November 5 (1989-11-05) – November 6, 1989 (1989-11-06)

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 (2 hours each night). The first was watched by 17.5 million viewers and the second by 20.4 million.^[1][2] In syndication, it is shown as a television movie.

Awards[]

Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special-for Part 1

References[]

External links[]

• Cross of Fire at IMDb

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