Matewan

It takes more than guns to kill a man.

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

Joe Kenehan

James Earl Jones

'Few Clothes' Johnson

Mary McDonnell

Elma Radnor

Will Oldham

Danny Radnor

David Strathairn

Police Chief Sid Hatfield

Ken Jenkins

Sephus Purcell

Gordon Clapp

Griggs

Kevin Tighe

Hickey

John Sayles

Hardshell Preacher

Jace Alexander

Hilllard Elkins

Bob Gunton

C.E. Lively

Joe Grifasi

Fausto

Josh Mostel

Mayor Cabell Testerman

Tom Wright

Tom

Jo Henderson

Mrs. Elkins

Maggie Renzi

Rosaria

Nancy Mette

Bridey Mae Tolliver

Gary McCleery

Ludie