7.3
(109)
Release Date: August 28, 1987
Runtime: 132 minutes
Budget: $4,000,000
Revenue: $1,680,358
Matewan
Status
ReleasedGenres
Drama
History
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.
Top Cast
49 cast members
