Matewan
“It takes more than guns to kill a man.”
- 1987
- 2h 12m
- PG-13
★ 7.4 TMDB Rating · 146 votes
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.
- Director
- John Sayles
- Release date
- Aug 28, 1987
- Original language
- English
- Origin
- United States
Cast of Matewan
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
Kevin Tighe
Bill Hickey
Gordon Clapp
Tom Griggs
Bob Gunton
C.E. Lively
Jace Alexander
Hilllard Elkins
Joe Grifasi
Fausto
Nancy Mette
Bridey Mae Tolliver
Where to Stream Matewan by Country
- United States
- Streaming on Prime Video
- United Kingdom
- Streaming on Prime Video
- India
- No streaming offers listed right now
- Canada
- Streaming on Prime Video
- Australia
- Streaming on Prime Video
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