Harlan County War

May 19, 2000

1h 44m

★ 7.1

It's her turn to fight back.

Overview

A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Cort/Madden Productions

Millbrook Farm Productions

Showtime Networks

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Cast

Ruby Kincaid

Holly Hunter

Warren Jakopovich

Stellan Skarsgård

Silas Kincaid

Ted Levine

Tug Jones

Wayne Robson

Lucinda Kincaid

Charlotte Arnold

Mary Ball

Jennifer Irwin

Bill Worthington

Rufus Crawford

Buddy Kincaid

Alex House

Ora Perkins

Deborah Pollitt

Dillard Ball

Timothy Burd

Jerry Selvey

Tom Harvey

Bronce Breckenridge

Reginald Doresa

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