Salt of the Earth
94 mins
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.
Mervin Williams
Hartwell
David Sarvis
Alexander
Clinton Jencks
Frank Barnes
Virginia Jencks
Ruth Barnes
Henrietta Williams
Teresa Vidal
Ernesto Velázquez
Charley Vidal
Ángela Sánchez
Consuelo Ruiz
Joe T. Morales
Sal Ruiz
Clorinda Alderette
Luz Morales
Charles Coleman
Antonio Morales
Víctor Torres
Sebasatian Prieto
E.A. Rockwell
Vance
William Rockwell
Kimbrough
Floyd Bostick
Jenkins
Paul Jarrico
Producer
Jules Schwerin
Associate Producer
Ed Spiegel
Editor
Leonard Stark
Director of Photography
Joan Laird
Editor
Stanley Meredith
Director of Photography
Simon Lazarus
Producer
Dick Stanton
Sound
Harry Smith
Sound
Sonja Dahl Biberman
Associate Producer
Jules Schwerin
Production Manager
Jules Schwerin
Assistant Director
Sol Kaplan
Original Music Composer