

"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.
Joe Kenehan

'Few Clothes' Johnson

Elma Radnor

Danny Radnor

Police Chief Sid Hatfield

Sephus Purcell

Bill Hickey

Tom Griggs

C.E. Lively

Hilllard Elkins

Fausto

Bridey Mae Tolliver

Mrs. Elkins
Mayor Cabell Testerman

Ludie

Rosaria

Tom

Ellix (as Michael Preston)
Turley
Luann
Doolin

Pappy's Voice (voice)
Mrs. Knightes
Tolbert
Stennis
Gianni

Old Miner
Hardshell Preacher

Singer

Sheb
Isaac
Mister

Missus
Lee Felts
Al Felts

James
Bass
Conductor
Broker
Broker
Boxcar Guard
Redneck Miner
Black Miner
Injured Black Miner
Miner's Wife
Fiddler
Picker

Mandolin Player
Harmonica Player