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Salt of the Earth (1954)
Directed by Herbert J. Biberman
“At last, an honest movie about American working people”
Drama, History · 1h 34m
At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza, with a similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home.
Cast
Rosaura Revueltas
Esperanza Quintero
Juan Chacón
Ramon Quintero
Will Geer
Sheriff
David Bauer
Barton
M
Mervin Williams
Hartwell
D
David Sarvis
Alexander
C
Clinton Jencks
Frank Barnes
V
Virginia Jencks
Ruth Barnes
H
Henrietta Williams
Teresa Vidal
E
Ernesto Velázquez
Charley Vidal
Á
Ángela Sánchez
Consuelo Ruiz
J
Joe T. Morales
Sal Ruiz
Crew
- Director
- Herbert J. Biberman
- Writer
- Michael Wilson
- Director of Photography
- Stanley Meredith, Leonard Stark
- Original Music Composer
- Sol Kaplan
- Editor
- Joan Laird, Ed Spiegel
- Producer
- Paul Jarrico, Herbert J. Biberman, Simon Lazarus
Details
- Release date
- 1954-03-14
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Spanish
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Independent Production Company (IPC)