Salt of the Earth 1954 Movie

IMDB Rating 7.5  (2K)
Mexican workers at a Zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers and daughters, that they eventually triumph. More details

Directors

Herbert J. Biberman

Cast

Juan ChacónRosaura RevueltasWill Geer

Tags

dramahistoryzinc minestrikenew mexicousasolidarityscabsanitationsafetymining accidentjaildignitychildrenminingmexican americanpolitical dramatitle based on the biblecult filmlabor relationslabor strikelaborunion movementwage slavesocial commentarybanned filmzincton new mexicoworking manworking conditionswomen's rightswomen's auxillarywashingwarrantvotingvoice over narrationvillagevictimunityunion organizerunion meetingtearstear gastaft hartley actsmeltersister sister relationshipsingingsingershoessheriffrunningrunning waterrole reversalriotrifleresisting arrestrescuerepossessionrationingraidradioracial discriminationrace relationspoliticspolitical activismplumbingmother son relationshipmother daughter relationshipmining townmine disastermarchliving conditionsliberationletterlaborerlabor movementjukeboxjuarezjail sentenceironinginternational union of mine mill and smelter workersinjunctionhuman dignityhopehittinghit by a carhistorical eventgungunshotguitargraveyardgas maskfusefreedomforemanflashbackflash forwardfirefightfather son relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationshipsexplosionexploitationevictionequalityemployer employee relationshipeconomicseconomic inequalitydrinkdrinkingdistrict attorneydiscriminationdelaware zinc inc.dancingdancercryingcontroversycompany presidentchurchchristeningchopping woodchasecelebrationcatholiccatholic churchcard playingcandlecakebusinessbusinessmanbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipbraveryboycottblastingblacklistingbirthdaybirthday partybeerbeatingbathroombarbabybaby formulaassaultarrestamericaambulancealarmracial prejudicepicket linehusband wife relationshipbased on real eventspregnancychildbirthsexual equalityfeminismlabor uniontitle spoken by character
AmazonGoogle
Recommend

Similar titles

Below is a playlist of videos we think you'll like, based on what you're looking at now.

1954imdb rating 7.5 7.5Salt of the Earth1960imdb rating 6.9The Alamo1959imdb rating 7.4The Diary of Anne Frank1960imdb rating 6.8Exodus1953imdb rating 7.4Julius Caesar1952imdb rating 7.5Viva Zapata!1955imdb rating 7.4The Dam Busters1953imdb rating 6.8The Robe1952imdb rating 6.8Ivanhoe1954imdb rating 7.6Samurai I Musashi Miyamoto1956imdb rating 7.1Anastasia1955imdb rating 7.1Sissi1957imdb rating 7.2The Spirit of St. Louis1951imdb rating 7.7Othello1960imdb rating 7.2Sink the Bismarck!1951imdb rating 7.4Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. 1953imdb rating 7.2Titanic1948imdb rating 7.6Macbeth1956imdb rating 6.6Sissi The Young Empress1959imdb rating 7.5Compulsion1956imdb rating 7.8Samurai III Duel at Ganryu Island1957imdb rating 6.6Sissi The Fateful Years of an Empress1959imdb rating 8.6The Human Condition II Road to Eternity1955imdb rating 7.5Richard III1955imdb rating 6.7Land of the Pharaohs 1954imdb rating 6.6The Egyptian1956imdb rating 5.9Alexander the Great1953imdb rating 6.3Knights of the Round Table1950imdb rating 7.5The Flowers of St. Francis1954imdb rating 6.7Demetrius and the Gladiators1959imdb rating 6.6The FBI Story1959imdb rating 6.2Solomon and Sheba1948imdb rating 6.5Joan of Arc1955imdb rating 7The Virgin Queen1954imdb rating 6.4Désirée1956imdb rating 6.8The Hunchback of Notre Dame1958imdb rating 6.6The Buccaneer1958imdb rating 7Dunkirk1955imdb rating 7.1The Colditz Story1951imdb rating 6.1David and Bathsheba 1956imdb rating 6.2Helen of Troy1952imdb rating 5.4Big Jim McLain1957imdb rating 6.6Band of Angels1959imdb rating 6.5They Came to Cordura1950imdb rating 7The Baron of Arizona1956imdb rating 6.4Bhowani Junction 1958imdb rating 5.6The Barbarian and the Geisha1954imdb rating 6.5Beau Brummell1960imdb rating 7Black Cross1948imdb rating 7.1Scott of the Antarctic1953imdb rating 6.7Young Bess