At last, an honest movie about American working people
At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza, with a similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home.
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Character
Earnest, grave, prestige and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
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“Is Ramon Quintero the real protagonist?”
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“Would a little humor have helped?”
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Cast
- Rosaura RevueltasEsperanza Quintero
- Juan ChacónRamon Quintero
- Will GeerSheriff
- David BauerBarton
- Mervin WilliamsHartwell
- David SarvisAlexander
- Clinton JencksFrank Barnes
- Virginia JencksRuth Barnes
- Henrietta WilliamsTeresa Vidal
- Ernesto VelázquezCharley Vidal
Crew
- Herbert J. BibermanDirector
- Michael WilsonWriter
- Stanley MeredithDirector of Photography
- Leonard StarkDirector of Photography
- Sol KaplanOriginal Music Composer
- Joan LairdEditor
- Ed SpiegelEditor
- Paul JarricoProducer
- Herbert J. BibermanProducer
- Simon LazarusProducer
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