A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
as Ruby Kincaid
as Warren Jakopovich
as Silas Kincaid
as Tug Jones
as Lucinda Kincaid
as Mary Ball
as Bill Worthington
as Buddy Kincaid
as Ora Perkins
as Dillard Ball
as Jerry Selvey
as Bronce Breckenridge
as Aunt Melva Jones
as Buella May Blevins
as Floyd Jones
as Becky Jones
as Nelms Hatton
as Leroy Gilly
as Claude Pennington
as Mrs. Yarborough
as Eula Fillion
as Virginia Boggs
as Udell
as Dr. Toth
as Florence Reese
as Judge Doyle Harris
as Alfred Ramsey
as Mrs. Hershel Gaw
as Dewey's Girlfriend
as Mike Mckenna
as Sheriff Billy Williams
as Old Buddy