Storm Warning

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Storm Warning

Released Feb 10, 1951

1h 33m

Drama

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A traveling dress model (Ginger Rogers) stops in a Southern town to visit her sister, who has married a Ku Klux Klan member. While there, she helps the district attorney (Ronald Reagan) prosecute Klan members after she witnesses them commit a murder.

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Matt Brunson

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Warner Bros. usually didn’t pull many punches with its social dramas (I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang, Confessions of a Nazi Spy, etc.), but Storm Warning might be its most toothless in this vein.

Rated: 2.5/4

May 24, 2023

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Emanuel Levy

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This well acted melodrama, starring Ginger Rogers, Doris Day, and Ronald Reagan, depicts the KKK terror reign over a typical American small town.

Rated: B

Apr 30, 2012

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Dennis Schwartz

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Good on spectacle but trivializes the serious subject of race hatred with an inadequate depiction of the KKK.

Rated: B

Oct 1, 2008

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Kevin M

Wasn't expecting much but was surprised at how relevant this movie was even today as a commentary on mob rule. May democracy and the rule of law prevail.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/16/23

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Aldo G

This is a seriously under-appreciated film. Yes, Jack L. Warner was afraid of the material and therefore the evils of the KKK are under-played. But, no, that doesn't mean it's unworthy of your attention. The drama is real, the direction is excellent and Ginger Rogers is incomparable as a witness to a KKK killing, but is torn between her duty to testify and protect her sister whose Klansman husband is the perpetrator of the murder. Supporting cast delivers, although Doris Day's role is underwritten.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/28/23

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Steve D

Ginger vs the Klan is nowhere near as good as it should be.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/23/23

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David K

Fascinating cast works well together in atypical roles. Doris Day's appearance led to Hitchcock deciding to use her in a future film. It was her first non-singing role. Ginger Rogers is outstanding and she doesn't even dance!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/20/23

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Audience Member

Interesting Ku Klux Klan drama. Ginger Rogers visits her sister(Doris Day). She witnesses a Klan hit, and finds out that her sisters husband is guilty.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/02/21

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Audience Member

A real stinker. Oh, it's not that badly made but it has nothing to do with the South and completely avoids the issue it proports to address, racism. Imagine a film about the KKK with no black people in it. Who the hell is Steve Cochran? No wonder we never saw him in another film. And, by the way, who are the "professional" reviewers below? Whomever they are, they are clueless.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Stuart Heisler

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Ginger Rogers

Marsha Mitchell

Ronald Reagan

Burt Rainey

Doris Day

Lucy Rice

Steve Cochran

Hank Rice

Hugh Sanders

Charlie Barr

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Synopsis

A traveling dress model (Ginger Rogers) stops in a Southern town to visit her sister, who has married a Ku Klux Klan member. While there, she helps the district attorney (Ronald Reagan) prosecute Klan members after she witnesses them commit a murder.

Director: Stuart Heisler
Producer: Jerry Wald
Screenwriter: Daniel Fuchs, Richard Brooks
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Warner Bros.
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 10, 1951, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2008
Runtime: 1h 33m

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