Salt of the Earth
At last, an honest movie about American working people
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.
Cast
Rosaura RevueltasEsperanza Quintero 
Juan ChacónRamon Quintero 
Will GeerSheriff 
David BauerBarton - M
Mervin WilliamsHartwell - D
David SarvisAlexander - C
Clinton JencksFrank Barnes - V
Virginia JencksRuth Barnes - H
Henrietta WilliamsTeresa Vidal - E
Ernesto VelázquezCharley Vidal - Á
Ángela SánchezConsuelo Ruiz - J
Joe T. MoralesSal Ruiz - C
Clorinda AlderetteLuz Morales - C
Charles ColemanAntonio Morales - V
Víctor TorresSebasatian Prieto - E
E.A. RockwellVance
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