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A Crime to Fit the Punishment (1982)
46 min | Documentary

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A Crime to Fit the Punishment (1982)

46 min | Documentary

In 1954 during the height of McCarthyism and the Cold War, the controversial labor film "Salt of the Earth" was made despite numerous attempts by the film industry and the US government to prevent its production. "A Crime to Fit the ...See moreIn 1954 during the height of McCarthyism and the Cold War, the controversial labor film "Salt of the Earth" was made despite numerous attempts by the film industry and the US government to prevent its production. "A Crime to Fit the Punishment" explores the background events and political atmosphere that surrounded the film's production and movingly chronicles the filmmakers' defiance of the Hollywood blacklist. Interviews with some of the film's principals and scenes from "Salt of the Earth" are combined with news clips and broadcasts from the early 1950's which puts it into an overall political context. Written by Anonymous See less

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27 cast members

Name	Known for
Lee Grant Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Herbert J. Biberman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Salt of the Earth (1954)
Sonja Dahl Biberman Self Self See fewer	Salt of the Earth (1954)
Roy M. Brewer Sr. Self (archive footage) (as Roy Brewer) Self (archive footage) (as Roy Brewer) See fewer	The Magical World of Disney (1954)
Esperanza Chacón Self Self See fewer	A Crime to Fit the Punishment (1982)
Juan Chacón Self Self See fewer	Salt of the Earth (1954)
Charles Coleman Self Self See fewer	Salt of the Earth (1954)
Will Geer Self - Sheriff (archive footage) Self - Sheriff (archive footage) See fewer	The Waltons (1972)
Paul Jarrico Self Self See fewer	Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)
Clinton Jencks Self Self See fewer	Salt of the Earth (1954)
Virginia Jencks Self Self See fewer	Salt of the Earth (1954)
Sol Kaplan Self Self See fewer	Virtuosity (1995)
Rosaura Revueltas Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Salt of the Earth (1954)
Ángela Sánchez Self Self See fewer	Salt of the Earth (1954)
Jules Schwerin Self - Production Manager Self - Production Manager See fewer	Indian Summer (1960)
Henrietta Williams Self Self See fewer	Salt of the Earth (1954)
Michael Wilson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Place in the Sun (1951)
Lauren Bacall Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	To Have and Have Not (1944)
Humphrey Bogart Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Casablanca (1942)
Eric Johnston Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Prime Minister Nehru Makes First Visit to Hollywood (1961)
Danny Kaye Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
John Howard Lawson Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Blockade (1938)
Adolphe Menjou Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Paths of Glory (1957)
George Murphy Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Ronald Reagan Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Kings Row (1942)
J. Parnell Thomas Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer