A Crime to Fit the Punishment (1982)
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: Stephen Mack, Barbara Moss.
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Lee Grant as Narrator |
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Paul Jarrico as Self |
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Clinton Jencks as Self |
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Virginia Jencks as Self |
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Charles Coleman as Self |
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Henrietta Williams as Self |
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Michael Wilson as (Voice) |
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Sonja Dahl Biberman as Self |
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Juan Chacón as Self |
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Jules Schwerin as Self |
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Ángela Sánchez as Self |
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Sol Kaplan as Self |
| Writing | L.H. Whittemore | Writer |
| Writing | Stephen Mack | Writer |
| Writing | Barbara Moss | Writer |
| Writing | Susan Shattuck | Writer |
| Production | Becca Wilson | Location Assistant |
| Editing | Stephen Mack | Editor |
| Editing | Barbara Moss | Editor |
| Production | Nan Allendorfer | Research Assistant |
| Camera | Paul Goldsmith | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Joseph Friedman | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ted Churchill | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Stephen Mack | Director |
| Directing | Barbara Moss | Director |