Movie details
Matewan(1987)
It takes more than guns to kill a man.
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1987-08-28
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 (138 votes)
- Original language
- en
- Certification
- PG-13
- Budget
- $4,000,000
- Revenue
- $1,680,358
- Popularity
- 4
- Adult content
- No
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.
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