Act of Vengeance (1986)
In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.
Top billed cast
Charles BronsonJoseph 'Jock' Yablonski
Ellen BurstynMargaret Yablonski
Wilford BrimleyTony Boyle
Hoyt AxtonSilous Huddleston
Robert SchenkkanPaul Gilly
Ellen BarkinAnnette Gilly
Maury ChaykinClaude Vealey
Caroline KavaCharlotte Yablonski
Peg MurrayEllen Rogers
William NewmanEzra Morgan
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