Act of Vengeance

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Act of Vengeance

"His was an act of defiance. Theirs was an act of vengeance."

1986

1h 35m

5.6(18 votes)

Drama

Crime

TV Movie

Overview

In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.

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20 members

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Charles Bronson

Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski

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Ellen Burstyn

Margaret Yablonski

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Wilford Brimley

Tony Boyle

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Hoyt Axton

Silous Huddleston

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Robert Schenkkan

Paul Gilly

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Ellen Barkin

Annette Gilly

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Maury Chaykin

Claude Vealey

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Caroline Kava

Charlotte Yablonski

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Peg Murray

Ellen Rogers

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William Newman

Ezra Morgan

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Alan North

Albert Pass

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Raynor Scheine

Terrance Madden

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Tom Harvey

Warren Alexander

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Alf Humphreys

Ken Yablonski

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Joseph Kell

Chip Yablonski

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Ken Pogue

Earl Skidmore

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Keanu Reeves

Buddy Martin

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Marc Strange

Pete

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Chuck Shamata

Millard Atler

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Elena Kudaba

Martha

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