Matewan
It takes more than guns to kill a man.
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Release Date
8/28/1987Runtime
132 minsOverview
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$4,000,000Revenue
$1,680,358Homepage
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A stirring portrait of working-class struggle and solidarity in 1920s coal country, where miners and organizers face off against corporate power and violence. The film pulses with moral urgency and builds toward inevitable, tragic confrontation.
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Chris Cooper
Joe Kenehan
James Earl Jones
'Few Clothes' Johnson
Mary McDonnell
Elma Radnor
Will Oldham
Danny Radnor
David Strathairn
Police Chief Sid Hatfield
Ken Jenkins
Sephus Purcell
Kevin Tighe
Bill Hickey
Gordon Clapp
Tom Griggs
Bob Gunton
C.E. Lively
Jace Alexander
Hilllard Elkins
Joe Grifasi
Fausto
Nancy Mette
Bridey Mae Tolliver
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