Details
- Release: Aug 28 1987
- Runtime: 132 min
- Language: English
- Budget: $4,000,000
- Revenue: $1,680,358
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.
Credits
Mary McDonnell
Elma Radnor
Chris Cooper
Joe Kenehan
David Strathairn
Police Chief Sid Hatfield
James Earl Jones
'Few Clothes' Johnson
Kevin Tighe
Bill Hickey
Bob Gunton
C.E. Lively
John Sayles
Hardshell Preacher
Ken Jenkins
Sephus Purcell
Tom Wright
Tom
Joe Grifasi
Fausto
Gordon Clapp
Tom Griggs
Jace Alexander
Hilllard Elkins
Will Oldham
Danny Radnor
Josh Mostel
Mayor Cabell Testerman
Michael Mantell
Doolin
Nancy Mette
Bridey Mae Tolliver
Frank Hoyt Taylor
Al Felts
Jo Henderson
Mrs. Elkins
Davide Ferrario
Gianni
Gary McCleery
Ludie