(SALT TO THE DEVIL/GIVE US THIS DAY, Edward Dmytryk, UK 1949, 120 min.)

Italian immigrant Germenio (blacklisted American actor Sam Wanamaker) exploits his fellow workers in dangerous construction work in order to provide for his own family. Set in NYC’s Little Italy (but shot entirely in England!), this compelling working-class drama was the only film made by director Dmytryk after he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee and before he became a “friendly” witness.