22 Jun 1954
On the Waterfront
A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.
Act of Vengeance
His was an act of defiance. Theirs was an act of vengeance.
In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.
Top Billed Cast
Charles Bronson Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski
Ellen Burstyn Margaret Yablonski
Wilford Brimley Tony Boyle
Hoyt Axton Silous Huddleston
Robert Schenkkan Paul Gilly
Ellen Barkin Annette Gilly
Maury Chaykin Claude Vealey
Caroline Kava Charlotte Yablonski
Peg Murray Ellen Rogers
William Newman Ezra Morgan
Alan North Albert Pass
Raynor Scheine Terrance Madden
Tom Harvey Warren Alexander
Alf Humphreys Ken Yablonski
Joseph Kell Chip Yablonski
Ken Pogue Earl Skidmore
Keanu Reeves Buddy Martin
Marc Strange Pete
Chuck Shamata Millard Atler
Elena Kudaba Martha
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