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General

Full title:

Matewan

Release date (first):

August 28, 1987

Director(s):

John Sayles

Score:

61

Fair

Status:

Released

Runtime:

132 min

Budget:

$4,000,000

Revenue:

$1,680,358

Website:

N/A

Matewan

August 28, 1987

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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 & Crew

Joe Kenehan

'Few Clothes' Johnson

Elma Radnor

Danny Radnor

Police Chief Sid Hatfield

Sephus Purcell

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