Release Date

28 Aug, 1987

Runtime

02:12: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

It takes more than guns to kill a man.

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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Actors

Chris Cooper

James Earl Jones

Mary McDonnell

Will Oldham

David Strathairn

Ken Jenkins

Kevin Tighe

Gordon Clapp

Bob Gunton

Jace Alexander

Joe Grifasi

Nancy Mette

Jo Henderson

Josh Mostel

Gary McCleery

Maggie Renzi

Tom Wright

Michael B. Preston

Thomas A. Carlin

Jenni Cline

Michael Mantell

Crew

John Sayles

Amir Jacob Malin

Mark Balsam

Jerry Silva

Ira Deutchman

James Glenn Dudelson

Ned Kandel

Barbara Shapiro

Peggy Rajski

Sarah Green

Matia Karrell

Benita Allen

Barbara-Ann Stein

Leslie A. Pope