Kentucky Woman (film) explained

Genre:Drama
Director:Walter Doniger
Starring:Cheryl Ladd
Ned Beatty
Theme Music Composer:George Romanis
Country:United States
Language:English
Producer:Walter Doniger
Location:Martin County, Kentucky (coal mine)
Paintsville, Kentucky
Editor:Robert Watts
Cinematography:Robert C. Jessup
Runtime:96 min.
Company:20th Century Fox Television
CBS Entertainment Production
Walter Doniger Productions
Network:CBS

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

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