Matewan
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.
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 
Joe GrifasiFausto 
Nancy MetteBridey Mae Tolliver - J
Jo HendersonMrs. Elkins 
Josh MostelMayor Cabell Testerman 
Gary McCleeryLudie 
Maggie RenziRosaria
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