Directed by:
Walter DonigerScreenplay:
Walter DonigerCinematography:
Robert JessupComposer:
George RomanisCast:
Cheryl Ladd, Ned Beatty, Sandy McPeak, Tess Harper, Lewis Smith, Peter Weller, John Randolph, James Carrington, John Chappell, Peter Hobbs, Britt LeachPlots(1)
Cheryl Ladd seemed bound and determined in the early 1980s to prove that she was a "Charlie's Angel" no more; we probably would have taken her word for it even if she hadn't tried so hard and stridently. Made for television, Kentucky Woman found Ladd as a poverty-stricken waitress who becomes a coal miner, despite male opposition, damp boots and squealing rats. She does this to support her fatherless son and her miner dad (Ned Beatty), who is incapacitated by black lung disease. She does sixteen tons, and what does she get? Another bunch of lukewarm reviews and deeper in...well, that word doesn't rhyme with "get." (official distributor synopsis)
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Cheryl Ladd
USA
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Ned Beatty
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Sandy McPeak
USA
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Tess Harper
USA
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Lewis Smith
USA
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Peter Weller
USA
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John Randolph
USA
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James Carrington
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John Chappell
USA
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Peter Hobbs
France
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Britt Leach
USA
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