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.
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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