Kentucky Woman (film)
Kentucky Woman | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Walter Doniger |
Directed by | Walter Doniger |
Starring | Cheryl Ladd Ned Beatty |
Theme music composer | George Romanis |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Walter Doniger |
Production locations | Martin County, Kentucky (coal mine) Paintsville, Kentucky |
Cinematography | Robert C. Jessup |
Editor | Robert Watts |
Running time | 96 min. |
Production companies | 20th Century Fox Television CBS Entertainment Production Walter Doniger Productions |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | January 11, 1983 |
Kentucky Woman is a 1983 American made-for-television drama film, directed by Walter Doniger, starring Cheryl Ladd, Ned Beatty and Peter Weller. It was filmed in Paintsville, Kentucky, and at a Martin County Coal Corporation (Massey Energy) coal mine in Martin County, Kentucky.
Plot summary
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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]External links
[edit]- Kentucky Woman at IMDb
- Kentucky Woman at AllMovie
- Kentucky Woman at the TCM Movie Database