Kentucky Woman (film)

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

 * 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