Striking writers could learn from this 1954 pro-labor masterwork, created by blacklisted filmmakers
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Cast
Juan Chacón (Ramon Quintero)Rosaura Revueltas (Esperanza Quintero)Will Geer (Sheriff)David Bauer (Barton)David Sarvis (Alexander)Mervin Williams (Hartwell)E.A. Rockwell (Vance)William Rockwell (Kimbrough)Henrietta Williams (Teresa Vidal)Ángela Sánchez (Consuelo Ruiz)Clorinda Alderette (Luz Morales)Virginia Jencks (Ruth Barnes)Clinton Jencks (Frank Barnes)Joe T. Morales (Sal Ruiz)Ernest Velasquez (Charley Vidal)Charles Coleman (Antonio Morales)Victor Torres (Sebastian Prieto)Frank Talevera (Luis Quintero)
Director
Herbert J. Biberman
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Synopsis
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.
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