The Truck Farmer (1954)

Stars:

James Brill

Cast

Credited cast:
James Brill	...	Narrator

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

ephemeral film | agriculture | vegetable

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Genres:

Documentary | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Company Credits

Production Co:

Encyclopædia Britannica Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

11 min

Did You Know?

Goofs

Incorrectly shows Salinas Valley to be on the Mexico/California border. Salinas is actually north, closer to San Francisco than Los Angeles.

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Connections

Featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000: I Accuse My Parents (1993)

User Reviews

Worship the truck farmer! Bow down before him!

An interesting little short about the exploitative system of the 1930's-50's that used cheap Mexican workers (that "cross the border on temporary work permits to *help* with the harvest"). Between the excessive chemicals and the water hose (that will later be used to beat back the workers), there's no end to the laughs when MST:3K features this before "I Accuse my Parents." Great lines abound, such as "A preteen is put to work. Her Beauty will soon fade" and "It's Killdozer! Clint Walker, no!"