Kentucky Woman
Brief Synopsis
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To support her ailing coal miner father disabled with black lung disease, and her young son, a divorcee leaves her low-paying job as a waitress in the local diner to seek employment in the mines and struggles to retain her dignity while encountering harassment, humiliation, a near rape -- and expuls
Cast & Crew
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Walter Doniger
Director
Cheryl Ladd
Maggie Telford
Ned Beatty
Luke Telford
Philip Levien
Wardrobe Elkins
Sandy Mcpeak
Roger Varney
Tess Harper
Lorna Whateley
Film Details
Also Known As
Women in the Mines
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1983
Production Company
20th Century Fox Television; CBS Entertainment
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
To support her ailing coal miner father disabled with black lung disease, and her young son, a divorcee leaves her low-paying job as a waitress in the local diner to seek employment in the mines and struggles to retain her dignity while encountering harassment, humiliation, a near rape -- and expulsion from the church choir. Filmed entirely on location in eastern Kentucky, the movie initially was titled "Women in the Mines."
Director
Walter Doniger
Director
Cast
Cheryl Ladd
Maggie Telford
Ned Beatty
Luke Telford
Philip Levien
Wardrobe Elkins
Sandy Mcpeak
Roger Varney
Tess Harper
Lorna Whateley
Lewis Smith
Spinner Lynnbaugh
Peter Weller
Deke Cullover
Peter Hobbs
Doc James Bartholomew
Christopher Coffey
Fred Obermeyer
Brett Johnson
Andy Telford
Britt Leach
Amos
John Randolph
Reverend Palkstater
Nancy Vawter
Aunt Minnifer
James Carrington
Lukash
John Chappell
Fred Humphries
Film Details
Also Known As
Women in the Mines
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1983
Production Company
20th Century Fox Television; CBS Entertainment
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States January 11, 1983
