Certainly not a pleasant movie. It never mentions what the reporter found out about the Klan that got him killed at the beginning of the movie. And at one point, the Klan is trivialized as a sort of club that brings in money for the leaders. Rogers and Reagan were very good in their roles. Day did a good joy in the role of a wife desperate to believe the best about her husband. The final scene at the Klan gathering felt a little over-the-top, but that's also the case when gangs of thugs gather for supposed causes in real life too.