Matewan

Matewan

It takes more than guns to kill a man.
19872h 12minDrama MoviesEnglish, Italiano
7.3

Plot

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.

WriterN/A
DirectorJohn Sayles
ActorChris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell
CountryUnited States of America
ProductionCinecom Entertainment Group