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In her 1991 autobiography, Vanessa Redgrave described her outrage when Sidney Lumet suggested to the cast that they cut the lunch break to half an hour. She contacted Equity, the actors' union, who sent their film organizer who explained at a meeting that it was up to them if they accepted the half-hour break or not. "I said it was not only ourselves we were deciding for. I spoke of the economic crisis, the continuous attack on the unions, and the fact that Elstree Studios would soon be closed. I said that if we, who no doubt had the power to refuse, said that we could manage without a full lunch-break, others would soon be forced to accept it, and we could have opened a door for all employers to increase the workload and thereby cut pay throughout the industry". The cast considered the arguments but finally voted to accept the half-hour. Details of the incident were leaked to the Press with a view to discrediting the actress, and the source was eventually traced to the Equity office, rather than anybody on set.

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