A Crime to Fit the Punishment
46 min
1982Documentary
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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.
Movie 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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