Salt of the Earth (1954)1h34
Drama · History
Director Herbert J. Biberman
Also directed Slaves, Meet Nero Wolfe, The Master Race, and 1 more
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.
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Cast
Rosaura Revueltas
Juan Chacón
Will Geer
David Bauer- Mervin Williams
- David Sarvis
- Clinton Jencks
- Virginia Jencks
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