Kentucky Woman (1983 film)
6.8 /10 1 Votes
Genre Drama Screenplay Walter Doniger Duration Country United States | 6.6/10 IMDb Director Walter Doniger Producer Walter Doniger Writer Walter Doniger Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date January 11, 1983 (1983-01-11) Cast Cheryl Ladd , Peter Weller , Ned Beatty Similar movies Harlan County War (2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maggie Telford (Cheryl Ladd) is a single mother working as a waitress in a small Kentucky town. She gets by with the help of her father, Luke (Ned Beatty), a coal miner. But a life in the mines has given Luke black lung, leaving him unemployed and the family strapped for cash. Desperate to make ends meet, Maggie goes to work in the mines. As a miner, Maggie has to struggle to overcome not only the dangerous work environment, but the sexist attitudes of the male miners.
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Kentucky Woman is a 1983 Drama, made-for-television, directed by Walter Doniger, starring Cheryl Ladd, Ned Beatty and Peter Weller. Filmed in Paintsville, Kentucky, and at a coal mine in Martin County, Kentucky at Martin County Coal Corporation, (Massey Energy).
Plot summary
Maggie Telford (Cheryl Ladd), a poverty-stricken waitress, faces harassment and humiliation when she goes to work as a coal miner to support her small son and ailing coal miner father disabled with black lung disease (Ned Beatty).
Similar Movies
Harlan County War (2000). In Country (1989). 23 Blast (2013). Harlan County - USA (1976). Cheryl Ladd appears in Kentucky Woman and Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back.
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Kentucky Woman (1983 film) WikipediaKentucky Woman (1983 film) IMDb