Movie

Matewan

It takes more than guns to kill a man.

1987★ 7.4 · 1372h 12mDramaHistory

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.

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Cast

Nancy Mette
as Bridey Mae Tolliver

Mary McDonnell
as Elma Radnor

David Strathairn
as Police Chief Sid Hatfield

James Earl Jones
as 'Few Clothes' Johnson

Kevin Tighe
as Bill Hickey

Chris Cooper
as Joe Kenehan

Bob Gunton
as C.E. Lively

Tom Wright
as Tom

Ken Jenkins
as Sephus Purcell

Frank Hoyt Taylor
as Al Felts

Gordon Clapp
as Tom Griggs

John Sayles
as Hardshell Preacher