Salt of the Earth (1954)
At last, an honest movie about American working people
Synopsis
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
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Rosaura Revueltas
as Esperanza Quintero
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Juan Chacón
as Ramon Quintero
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Will Geer
as Sheriff
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David Bauer
as Barton
- Mervin Williams as Hartwell
- David Sarvis as Alexander
- Clinton Jencks as Frank Barnes
- Virginia Jencks as Ruth Barnes
- Henrietta Williams as Teresa Vidal
- Ernesto Velázquez as Charley Vidal
- Ángela Sánchez as Consuelo Ruiz
- Joe T. Morales as Sal Ruiz
- Clorinda Alderette as Luz Morales
- Charles Coleman as Antonio Morales
- Víctor Torres as Sebasatian Prieto
- E.A. Rockwell as Vance
- William Rockwell as Kimbrough
- Floyd Bostick as Jenkins
Crew
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Herbert J. Biberman
Director
- Leonard Stark Director of Photography
- Stanley Meredith Director of Photography
- Ed Spiegel Editor
- Joan Laird Editor
- Sol Kaplan Original Music Composer
- Paul Jarrico Producer
- Simon Lazarus Producer
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Herbert J. Biberman
Producer
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Michael Wilson
Writer
