A Crime to Fit the Punishment

Nan
0h 46m
1982

Overview

This fascinating making-of documentary investigates the controversy and political atmosphere surrounding the production of Salt of the Earth, movingly chronicling the filmmakers' defiance of the blacklist. (BAM) Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

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Released Date: 1982-05-01

Top Billed Cast

Lee Grant

Narrator

Paul Jarrico

Self

Clinton Jencks

Self

Virginia Jencks

Self

Charles Coleman

Self

Henrietta Williams

Self

Michael Wilson

(Voice)

Sonja Dahl Biberman

Self

Juan Chacón

Self

Jules Schwerin

Self

Ángela Sánchez

Self

Sol Kaplan

Self

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