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Matewan

Title
Matewan (2024)
Matewan
Year
2024
Catalog
Genre
IMDB
Rating
7.2 from 10 with total 55 votes
Premiere
1987-08-28
Runtime
132 minutes
Description
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.
Cast

Chris Cooper character Joe Kenehan

James Earl Jones character 'Few Clothes' Johnson

Mary McDonnell character Elma Radnor

Will Oldham character Danny Radnor

David Strathairn character Police Chief Sid Hatfield

Ken Jenkins character Sephus Purcell

Gordon Clapp character Griggs

Kevin Tighe character Hickey

John Sayles character Hardshell Preacher

Bob Gunton character C.E. Lively

Josh Mostel character Mayor Cabell Testerman

Tom Wright character Tom

Maggie Renzi character Rosaria

Nancy Mette character Bridey Mae Tolliver