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Harlan County War(2000)
Status: Released
Date: 2000-05-19
73%
10 Votes
Time: 1h 44m
It's her turn to fight back.
Overview:
A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Cort/Madden Productions
Millbrook Farm Productions
Movie: Harlan County War
Top 10 Billed Cast
Holly Hunter
Ruby Kincaid
Stellan Skarsgård
Warren Jakopovich
Ted Levine
Silas Kincaid
Wayne Robson
Tug Jones
Charlotte Arnold
Lucinda Kincaid
Jennifer Irwin
Mary Ball
Rufus Crawford
Bill Worthington
Alex House
Buddy Kincaid
Timothy Burd
Dillard Ball
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Overview
A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
Release Date
2000-05-19
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7.3
Rating:
3.6 startsTagline
It's her turn to fight back.
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