Matewan
(1987)
August 28, 1987• 2h 12m
74%
TMDB ScoreOverview
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.
John Sayles
Director
Top Billed Cast
CC
Chris Cooper
Joe Kenehan
JEJ
James Earl Jones
'Few Clothes' Johnson
MM
Mary McDonnell
Elma Radnor
WO
Will Oldham
Danny Radnor
DS
David Strathairn
Police Chief Sid Hatfield
KJ
Ken Jenkins
Sephus Purcell
KT
Kevin Tighe
Bill Hickey
GC
Gordon Clapp
Tom Griggs
BG
Bob Gunton
C.E. Lively
JA
Jace Alexander
Hilllard Elkins
