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Matewan

28 Aug 1987
132 min
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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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James Earl Jones

'Few Clothes' Johnson

Mary McDonnell

Elma Radnor

Bob Gunton

C.E. Lively

David Strathairn

Police Chief Sid Hatfield

Chris Cooper

Joe Kenehan

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Ken Jenkins

Sephus Purcell

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Nancy Mette

Bridey Mae Tolliver

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