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Matewan(1987)
Status: Released
Date: 1987-08-28
74%
122 Votes
Time: 2h 12m
It takes more than guns to kill a man.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English, Italian.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $4,000,000.00
Revenue: $1,680,358.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Cinecom Entertainment Group
Film Gallery
Red Dog Films
Winwood Productions
Movie: Matewan
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
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