A Crime to Fit the Punishment
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A Crime to Fit the Punishment

8.0 /10 May 1, 1982 0h 46m
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.

Directors: Barbara Moss Stephen Mack
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Lee Grant

Lee Grant

Narrator

Paul Jarrico

Self

Clinton Jencks

Self

Virginia Jencks

Self

Charles Coleman

Self

Henrietta Williams

Self
Michael Wilson

Michael Wilson

(Voice)

Sonja Dahl Biberman

Self
Juan Chacón

Juan Chacón

Self

Jules Schwerin

Self

Ángela Sánchez

Self

Sol Kaplan

Self

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