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Kentucky Woman (film)

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Genre
  
Drama

Directed by
  
Walter Doniger

Country of origin
  
United States

Written by
  
Walter Doniger

Theme music composer
  
George Romanis

Starring
  
Cheryl Ladd Ned Beatty Peter Weller

Kentucky Woman is a 1983 American made-for-television drama film, 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).

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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)

Cast

  • Cheryl Ladd as Maggie Telford
  • Ned Beatty as Luke Telford
  • Philip Levien as Ward Elkins
  • Sandy McPeak as Roger Varney
  • Tess Harper as Lorna Whateley
  • Lewis Smith as Spinner Limbaugh
  • Peter Weller as Deke Cullover
  • Peter Hobbs as Doc James Bartholomew
  • Christopher Coffey as Fred Obermeyer
  • Brett Johnson as Andy Telford
  • Britt Leach as Amos
  • John Randolph as Reverend Palkstater
  • Nancy Vawter as Aunt Minnifer
  • James Carrington as Lukash
  • John Chappell as Fred Humphries

    • References

    Kentucky Woman (film) Wikipedia
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