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# Salt of the Earth (1954): cast and crew

18 cast and 15 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Rosaura Revueltas](https://film.one/person/rosaura-revueltas.md) as Esperanza Quintero
- [Juan Chacón](https://film.one/person/juan-chacon.md) as Ramon Quintero
- [Will Geer](https://film.one/person/will-geer.md) as Sheriff
- [David Bauer](https://film.one/person/david-bauer.md) as Barton
- [Mervin Williams](https://film.one/person/mervin-williams.md) as Hartwell
- [David Sarvis](https://film.one/person/david-sarvis.md) as Alexander
- [Clinton Jencks](https://film.one/person/clinton-jencks.md) as Frank Barnes
- [Virginia Jencks](https://film.one/person/virginia-jencks.md) as Ruth Barnes
- [Henrietta Williams](https://film.one/person/henrietta-williams.md) as Teresa Vidal
- [Ernesto Velázquez](https://film.one/person/ernesto-velazquez.md) as Charley Vidal
- [Ángela Sánchez](https://film.one/person/angela-sanchez.md) as Consuelo Ruiz
- [Joe T. Morales](https://film.one/person/joe-t-morales.md) as Sal Ruiz
- Clorinda Alderette as Luz Morales
- Charles Coleman as Antonio Morales
- Víctor Torres as Sebasatian Prieto
- E.A. Rockwell as Vance
- William Rockwell as Kimbrough
- Floyd Bostick as Jenkins

## Directing

- [Herbert J. Biberman](https://film.one/person/herbert-j-biberman.md): Director
- Jules Schwerin: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Michael Wilson](https://film.one/person/michael-wilson.md): Writer

## Production

- [Paul Jarrico](https://film.one/person/paul-jarrico.md): Producer
- Jules Schwerin: Associate Producer, Production Manager
- [Simon Lazarus](https://film.one/person/simon-lazarus.md): Producer
- [Herbert J. Biberman](https://film.one/person/herbert-j-biberman.md): Producer
- Sonja Dahl Biberman: Associate Producer

## Camera

- [Leonard Stark](https://film.one/person/leonard-stark.md): Director of Photography
- [Stanley Meredith](https://film.one/person/stanley-meredith.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Ed Spiegel](https://film.one/person/ed-spiegel.md): Editor
- [Joan Laird](https://film.one/person/joan-laird.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- Dick Stanton: Sound
- Harry Smith: Sound
- [Sol Kaplan](https://film.one/person/sol-kaplan.md): Original Music Composer

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