Kentucky Woman (1983) (TV)

Director:

Walter Doniger

Writer:

Walter Doniger (writer)

Release Date:

11 January 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A woman faces harassment and humiliation when she goes to work as a coal miner to support her small son and ailing dad. |

Plot Keywords:

Appalachia | Coal Miner | Harassment | Kentucky | Miner

Cast

Cheryl Ladd	...	Maggie Telford
Ned Beatty	...	Luke Telford
Philip Levien	...	Ward Elkins
Sandy McPeak	...	Roger Varney
Tess Harper	...	Lorna Whateley
Lewis Smith	...	Spinner Limbaugh
Peter Weller	...	Deke
Peter Hobbs
Christopher Coffey
Brett Johnson
Britt Leach
John Randolph	...	Reverend
Nancy Vawter
James Carrington
John Chappell

Also Known As:

Mantrap (USA) (working title)
Women in the Mines (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Paintsville, Kentucky, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Filmed in Paintsville, Kentucky, and at a coal mine in Martin County, Kentucky. When the movie was in production, the title was listed as "Mantrap," which is the name of the low-riding vehicle that carries miners into the mines.

Fantastic

I truly Love this Movie , and would Love to see it on DVD. It provides an excellent view of A Single woman trying to provide for her family dealing with the discontent of her being A Woman going to work in an all male place in A rural Community ,where this is not suppose to happen.Where going against the establishment , Against these rural Ideas that have been around since the beginning of time is just not suppose to happen , and yet Cheryl Ladd plays an Excellent role of A person that does just that , and dealing with all of the prejudices in the situation overcomes everything to get the job done . Was an excellent role for Cheryl Ladd , to get away from the Charlies Angels role that had her stereotyped .