Kentucky Woman (film)

Kentucky Woman
Genre	Drama
Written by	Walter Doniger
Directed by	Walter Doniger
Starring	Cheryl Ladd; Ned Beatty; Peter Weller
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
Distributor	CBS
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Mono
Original 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. Filmed in Paintsville, Kentucky, and at a coal mine in Martin County, Kentucky at Martin County Coal Corporation, (Massey Energy).

Plot summary

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

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

External links

Kentucky Woman at IMDb
Kentucky Woman at AllMovie
Kentucky Woman at the TCM Movie Database

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