The Killing Floor
Brief Synopsis
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The story of a black slaughterhouse worker who was part of the pioneering attempt to unionize the often fractious Chicago meatpackers at the end of World War I. But the post-war recession only increased the racial tensions already simmering within the slaughterhouses and stockyards and culminated in
Cast & Crew
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Bill Duke
Director
Clarence Felder
Damien Leake
Alfre Woodard
Moses Gunn
Dennis Farina
Film Details
Also Known As
American Playhouse (04/10/84), Killing Floor
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1984
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
The story of a black slaughterhouse worker who was part of the pioneering attempt to unionize the often fractious Chicago meatpackers at the end of World War I. But the post-war recession only increased the racial tensions already simmering within the slaughterhouses and stockyards and culminated in the Chicago Race Riot of 1919.
Director
Bill Duke
Director
Cast
Clarence Felder
Damien Leake
Alfre Woodard
Moses Gunn
Dennis Farina
Mary Alice
Cynthia Baker
Gerry Becker
John Cothran
Nathan Davis
Henryk Derewenda
Michael Dunn
Phillip East
Paul Eaton
James Eichling
Howard Elfman
Zaid Farid
Jason Green
Stephen Mckinley Henderson
Gene Janson
Jamar Johnson
Micaeh Johnson
Michael J Kovacs
Joe Krowka
Robert Kurcz
James Lashly
John Mahoney
Jack Mclaughlin-gray
Corney Morgan
Michael Myers
Ted Levine
Jeff Nathan
Michael Nowak
Richard Lavin
Patrick Nugent
James O'reilly
Jeris Lee Poindexter
Ernest Rayford
Barbara Redlinski
Ward W Ohrman
William Pierce
Frank Rice
Bob Riley
Sam Sanders
Vernon R Schwartz
Miklos Simon
Dick Sollenberger
Rick Sparkks
Jimmy Spinks
Tony Stokes
A H Sturgis
Connie Szerszin
Wally Taylor
Letitia Toole
Jack Wallace
Crew
William Adelman
Technical Advisor
Maher Ahmad
Production Designer
Kathie Amatniek
Film Research
Charles Barnham
Research And Content Consultant
Hank Baumert
Stunt Coordinator
Bill Birch
Director Of Photography
Peter Bregman
Film Research
Stephen Brier
Researcher
David Brody
Advisor
John N Carter
Editor
James Dennett
Unit Production Manager
Sam Depino
Production Coordinator
Richard Dior
Sound
Donald Douglass
Choreographer
Carol Eastman
Editor
Eric Foner
Research And Content Consultant
Richard Gans
Assistant Director
Ilene Giardini
Wardrobe
Jeff Goodman
Film Research
Susan Haken
Assistant Director
David Mark Hansen
Photography
William Hardin
Photography
Alice Kessler Harris
Research And Content Consultant
Fraser Head
Production Supervisor
P Hemmingway-seale
Production Assistant
Judy Hoffman
Photography
Regina Hoover
Post-Production Coordinator
Z D Johnson
Production
Robert M Kidder
Sound
George Kohut
Camera Operator
Jane Kurson
Editor
Peter Kuttner
Photography
Arthur Lauer
Music Coordinator
Lindsay Law
Executive Producer
Leslie Lee
Writer
Kenneth Mader
Production Assistant
George Manasse
Producer
Loring Mandel
Consultant
Ron Milner
Wrote Adaptation
Miles Mogulescu
Researcher
Richard M Moskal
Location Manager
Marlene Nadle
Film Research
Mark Naison
Research And Content Consultant
Denise Nemetz
Production Coordinator
Kaye Nottbusch
Costume Designer
Leslie Orear
Technical Advisor
Dominic Pacyga
Research And Content Consultant
Richard Pagano
Casting Consultant
Elizabeth Passman
Wardrobe
Eric Perkins
Researcher
Alex Pfau
Sound Editor
Elsa Rassbach
Executive Producer
Elsa Rassbach
From Story
Carol Rathman
Assistant
Anna Reid
Film Research
Ted Rosengarten
Researcher
Barbara Sacharow
Casting Consultant
Arnold Schowitz
Editing
James Shenton
Research And Content Consultant
Carol Jean Smetana
Assistant Director
Daniel J Steger
Production Assistant
Warren Susman
Research And Content Consultant
Elizabeth Swados
Music
Lillian Toth
Makeup
Don Tull
Associate Producer
Kenneth Turek
Set Decorator
William Tuttle
Research And Content Consultant
Sue Williams
Associate Producer
Sue Williams
Film Research
Film Details
Also Known As
American Playhouse (04/10/84), Killing Floor
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1984
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
