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A Crime to Fit the Punishment

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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.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 1982-05-01

Runtime: 46 mins

Director: Stephen Mack, Barbara Moss

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

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Genres: Documentary

Original title: A Crime to Fit the Punishment

Production Companies: Mack Moss Ltd.

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