Kentucky Woman (film)

Kentucky Woman
Genre	Drama
Written by	Walter Doniger
Directed by	Walter Doniger
Starring	Cheryl Ladd Ned Beatty
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
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	January 11, 1983 (1983-01-11)

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

External links

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