Act of Vengeance

Sep 4, 1986

1h 35m

★ 5.6

His was an act of defiance. Theirs was an act of vengeance.

Overview

In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.

Genres

Drama

Crime

TV Movie

Production Companies

Telepix Canada Corp.

Frank Konigsberg Productions

Lorimar Telepictures

HBO Films

Telepictures

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Cast

Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski

Charles Bronson

Margaret Yablonski

Ellen Burstyn

Tony Boyle

Wilford Brimley

Silous Huddleston

Hoyt Axton

Paul Gilly

Robert Schenkkan

Annette Gilly

Ellen Barkin

Claude Vealey

Maury Chaykin

Charlotte Yablonski

Caroline Kava

Ellen Rogers

Peg Murray

Ezra Morgan

William Newman

Albert Pass

Alan North

Terrance Madden

Raynor Scheine

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