The One with White Shanks
The blacklisted American documentarian Willard Van Dyke filmed this tale about tobacco workers in the heart of the Puerto Rican countryside. Heeding their wives’ advice, individuals join forces in a cooperative so they can sell their crop of tobacco leaves at fair market value.
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Willard Van Dyke Director · José L. Vivas Maldonado Screenplay
First release January 1, 1955 · Produced in Puerto Rico · Production Divedco
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Film Unit of the Division of Community Education, Puerto Rico
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Divedco
Production
Puerto Rico
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Original title
El de los cabos blancos
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Puerto Rico · January 1, 1955
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No release date listed for United States.
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