Harlan County War

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.

Cast

Holly Hunter

as Ruby Kincaid

Stellan Skarsgård

as Warren Jakopovich

Ted Levine

as Silas Kincaid

Wayne Robson

as Tug Jones

Charlotte Arnold

as Lucinda Kincaid

Jennifer Irwin

as Mary Ball

Rufus Crawford

as Bill Worthington

Alex House

as Buddy Kincaid

Deborah Pollitt

as Ora Perkins

Timothy Burd

as Dillard Ball

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