СИНОПСИС
Mingo County, West Virginia, 1920. Coal miners, struggling to form a union, are up against company operators and the gun thugs of the notorious Baldwin-Felts detective agency. Black and Italian miners, brought in by the company to break the strike, are caught between the two forces. UMWA organizer and dual-card Wobbly Joe Kenehan determines to bring the local, Black, and Italian groups together. While Kenehan and his story are fictional, the setting and the dramatic climax are historical; Sid Hatfield, Cabell C. Testerman, C. E. Lively and the Felts brothers were real-life participants, and 'Few Clothes' is based on a character active several years previously.
- Chris CooperJoe Kenehan
- James Earl JonesFew Clothes
- Mary McDonnellElma Radnor
- Will OldhamDanny Radnor
- David StrathairnSid Hatfield
- Ken JenkinsSephus Purcell
- Kevin TigheHickey
- Gordon ClappTom Griggs
- Bob GuntonC.E. Lively
- Jace AlexanderHillard Elkins
- Joe GrifasiFausto
- Nancy MetteBridey Mae
- Jo HendersonMrs. Elkins
- Josh MostelCabell Testerman
- Gary McCleeryLudie
- Maggie RenziRosaria
- Tom WrightTom
- Michael B. PrestonEllix
- Thomas A. CarlinTurley
- Jenni ClineLuann
- Michael MantellDoolin
- Ida WilliamsMrs. Knightes
- James KizerTolbert
- Ronnie StapletonStennis
- Davide FerrarioGianni