Matewan

It takes more than guns to kill a man.

Matewan

Drama|

History|

7/10

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.

Chris Cooper

James Earl Jones

Mary McDonnell

Will Oldham

David Strathairn

Ken Jenkins

Kevin Tighe

Gordon Clapp

Bob Gunton

Jace Alexander

Joe Grifasi

Nancy Mette

Jo Henderson

Josh Mostel

Gary McCleery

Maggie Renzi

Tom Wright

Michael B. Preston

Thomas A. Carlin

Jenni Cline

Michael Mantell

J.K. Kent Lilly

Ida Williams

James Kizer

Ronnie Stapleton

Davide Ferrario

Frank Payne Jr.

John Sayles

Hazel Dickens

Charles Haywood

Neale Clark

Mitch Scott

Hazel Pearl

Michael Frasher

Frank Hoyt Taylor

Fred Decker

Bill Morris

Delmas Lawhorn

William Dean

P. Michael Munsey

Thomas Hal Phillips

Stephen C. Hall

Percy Fruit

Thomas Poore

Tara Williams

Gerald Milnes

Mason Daring

Jim Costa

Phil Wiggins