Matewan (1987)

It takes more than guns to kill a man.

Run Time: 2h12m | Release: 28 Aug 1987

Budget: $4,000,000.00

Revenue: $1,680,358.00

Production Countries: United States of America

7.302 / 10106 Vote Count

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.