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Matewan

It takes more than guns to kill a man.

★ 7.4 (120 votes) | 1987 | 2h 12m
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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.

Details
  • Status Released
  • Release Date August 28, 1987
  • Budget $4,000,000
  • Revenue $1,680,358
  • Production Cinecom Entertainment Group, Film Gallery, Goldcrest, Red Dog Films, Winwood Productions

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