A Crime to Fit the Punishment

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 1, 1982

Original language

English

Production

Mack Moss Ltd.

Cast

Virginia Jencks,Paul Jarrico,Clinton Jencks,Michael Wilson,Ángela Sánchez,Charles Coleman,Sonja Dahl Biberman,Sol Kaplan,Henrietta Williams,Juan Chacónand 2 more

Director

Stephen Mack,Barbara Moss

Writer

L.H. Whittemore,Barbara Moss,Stephen Mack,Susan Shattuck

Cinematography

Joseph Friedman,Ted Churchill,Paul Goldsmith

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0293053