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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Cast
- Chris CooperJoe Kenehan
- James Earl Jones'Few Clothes' Johnson
- Mary McDonnellElma Radnor
- Will OldhamDanny Radnor
- David StrathairnPolice Chief Sid Hatfield
- Ken JenkinsSephus Purcell
- Kevin TigheBill Hickey
- Gordon ClappTom Griggs
- Bob GuntonC.E. Lively
- Jace AlexanderHilllard Elkins
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- John SaylesDirector
- John SaylesWriter
- Haskell WexlerDirector of Photography
- Mason DaringOriginal Music Composer
- Sonya PolonskyEditor
- Peggy RajskiProducer
- Maggie RenziProducer
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