Salt of the Earth (1954)

Original title	Salt of the Earth
Swedish release title	Jordens salt
Distribution title	La sal de la tierra (Argentina/Spanien) Le se de la terre (Belgien/Frankrike) Das Salz der Erde (Västtyskland) Het zout der aarde (Belgien) Maan suola (Finland) O sal da terra (Portugal) Sfida a Silver City (Italien)

Director	Herbert J. Biberman Michael Wilson (ej krediterad)
Screenplay	Michael Wilson (ej krediterad)
Producer	Paul Jarrico
Production Manager	Jules Schwerin (ej krediterad)
Director of Photography	Leonard Stark Stanley Meredith
Music	Sol Kaplan
Film Editor	Ed Spiegel Joan Laird
Production Mixer	Harry Smith Dick Stanton
Assistant Director	Jules Schwerin (ej krediterad) David Wolfe (ej krediterad)
Adaptation	Michael Wilson (ej krediterad) Herbert J. Biberman (ej krediterad)
Executive Producer	Simon Lazarus
Associate Producer	Sonja Dahl (staff executive) Adolfo Barela (staff executive)
Production Coordinator	Paul Perlin (ej krediterad)
Still Photographer	Vernon Smith (ej krediterad)
Other Crew	Irving Fajans (ej krediterad) Robert Ames (ej krediterad) Irving Hentschel (ej krediterad) Harry Reif (ej krediterad) Herman Lipney (ej krediterad) Fred Hudson (ej krediterad) John Matthias (ej krediterad) Marcia Endore (ej krediterad) Mel Kells (ej krediterad)

Rosaura Revueltas	Esperanza Quintero
Juan Chacón	Ramon Quintero, Esperanzas man, gruvarbetare
Will Geer	sheriffen
David Wolfe	Barton, förmannen
Mervin Williams	Hartwell
Henrietta Williams	Teresa Vidal
David Sarvis	Mr. Alexander, gruvledaren
Ernesto Velázquez	Charley Vidal, Teresas man
Ángela Sánchez	Consuela Ruiz
Joe T. Morales	Sal Ruiz, Consuelas man
Clorinda Alderette	Luz Morales
Charles Coleman	Antonio Morales, Luz man
Virginia Jencks	Ruth Barnes
Clinton Jencks	Frank Barnes, Ruths man, fackföreningsledare
Víctor Torres	Sebastian Prieto
E.A. Rockwell	Vance, polis
William Rockwell	Kimbrough, polis
Floyd Bostick	Jenkins
E.S. Conerly	Kalinsky, amerikansk gruvarbetare
Mary Lou Castillo	Estella Quintero, Esperanzas och Ramóns dotter
Frank Talevera	Luis Quintero, Esperanzas och Ramóns son
Adolfo Barela	Alfredo, gruvarbetare
Albert Muñoz	Vicente, gruvarbetare
Paul Jarrico	gruvarbetare
Herman Waldman	gruvarbetare
Elvira Molano	Mrs. Salazar		(ej krediterad)
Alford Roos	åklagaren		(ej krediterad)

Production Company	Independent Productions Corporation Inc. (IPC)
Copyright	Independent Productions Corporation Inc. (IPC)	1953
Advance allocations	International Union Of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Svenska AB Nordisk Tonefilm	1958

Censorship number	90166
Date	1958-02-28
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2525 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 545, 570, 555, 555, 300.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2536 meter
Length in minutes	93 min

				1953-01-20	1953-03-04
	Bayard, New Mexico	USA
	Grant County, New Mexico	USA
	Silver City, New Mexico	USA
	Los Angeles, Kalifornien	USA
		Mexico

First showing	1954-03-14	Grande Theatre	New York, New York	USA	93 min
	1954-03-14		Yorkville, New York	USA	93 min
Release in Sweden	1958-01-07	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	92 min
TV showing	1965-08-17	TV		Sweden
	1970-06-13	TV2		Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2004-02-10
	2004-02-14
Cinematheque screening	2014-02-04	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2014-02-04
	2014-02-16
Cinematheque screening	2104-02-16	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden

Precious Images (1986)		Salt of the Earth (1954)
En sann historia (1985)		Salt of the Earth (1954)

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Element type	Print
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2522

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2507

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	1

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	1

Black and white print	16
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck