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A Crime to Fit the Punishment

46min

Documentary

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.

Cast

Lee Grant

Lee Grant

Narrator
Paul Jarrico

Paul Jarrico

Self
Clinton Jencks

Clinton Jencks

Self
Virginia Jencks

Virginia Jencks

Self
Charles Coleman

Charles Coleman

Self
Henrietta Williams

Henrietta Williams

Self
Michael Wilson

Michael Wilson

(Voice)
Sonja Dahl Biberman

Sonja Dahl Biberman

Self
Juan Chacón

Juan Chacón

Self
Jules Schwerin

Jules Schwerin

Self
Ángela Sánchez

Ángela Sánchez

Self
Sol Kaplan

Sol Kaplan

Self

Release date

1st May 1982

Status

Released

Spoken languages