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Kentucky Woman (film)
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Wikipedia article
'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).
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
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