01 Jan 1984
A Matter of Sex
Dramatization of the true story of the so-called Willmar Eight, a group of Minnesota bank workers who braved freezing conditions whilst picketing their branch in a struggle for union rights.
Harlan County War
It's her turn to fight back.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Holly Hunter Ruby Kincaid
Stellan Skarsgård Warren Jakopovich
Ted Levine Silas Kincaid
Wayne Robson Tug Jones
Charlotte Arnold Lucinda Kincaid
Jennifer Irwin Mary Ball
Rufus Crawford Bill Worthington
Alex House Buddy Kincaid
Deborah Pollitt Ora Perkins
Timothy Burd Dillard Ball
Tom Harvey Jerry Selvey
Reginald Doresa Bronce Breckenridge
Helen Hughes Aunt Melva Jones
Kirsten Kieferle Buella May Blevins
Tom Barnett Floyd Jones
Ingrid Veninger Becky Jones
Doug Lennox Nelms Hatton
Bruce McFee Leroy Gilly
James Bearden Claude Pennington
Lynne Griffin Mrs. Yarborough
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