Storm Warning (1951)
“Behind this burning cross... Behind the loopholes in the law... Behind their cowardly hoods... They hide a thousand vicious crimes!”
A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sister.
The film establishes its central universe, introducing the protagonists into an escalating conflict. Directed by Stuart Heisler, this opening movement establishes high visual and thematic stakes that set the narrative journey into motion.
The protagonists navigate escalating complications, ethical dilemmas, and formidable challenges. Starring Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan, Doris Day, the middle act intensifies dramatic momentum toward an inevitable turning point.
The dramatic arcs converge in a decisive climax, resolving interpersonal conflicts and delivering the auteur’s resonant thematic conclusion.
Ginger Rogers
as Marsha Mitchell
Ronald Reagan
as Burt Rainey
Doris Day
as Lucy Rice
Steve Cochran
as Hank Rice
Hugh Sanders
as Charlie Barr
Lloyd Gough
as Cliff Rummel
Raymond Greenleaf
as Faulkner
Ned Glass
as George Athens
Paul E. Burns
as Frank Hauser
Walter Baldwin
as Coroner Bledsoe
Lynn Whitney
as Cora Athens
Stuart Randall
as Walt WaltersCinematographic negative, aspect ratios & laboratory mastering sheet
| Aspect Ratios | 2.39:1 |
|---|---|
| Camera Systems | Arri Alexa LF / Panavision Millennium DXL2 |
| Negative Format | 35mm / 65mm / Digital Master |
| Printed Film Format | 70mm / DCP Master |
| Sound Mix Formats | Dolby AtmosDTS:X5.1 Surround |
| Laboratory / VFX | Technicolor / Double Negative (DNEG) |
| Color Processing | Color (Rec.709 / DCI-P3 Mastering) |
| Official Runtime | 93 min |
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