Act of Vengeance

Act of Vengeance

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

1986•1h 35m•5.6/10

DramaCrimeTV Movie

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.6/10(18)

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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Production

Telepix Canada Corp., Frank Konigsberg Productions, Lorimar Telepictures, HBO Films, Telepictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson

Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski

Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn

Margaret Yablonski

Wilford Brimley

Wilford Brimley

Tony Boyle

Hoyt Axton

Hoyt Axton

Silous Huddleston

Robert Schenkkan

Robert Schenkkan

Paul Gilly

Ellen Barkin

Ellen Barkin

Annette Gilly

Maury Chaykin

Maury Chaykin

Claude Vealey

Caroline Kava

Caroline Kava

Charlotte Yablonski

Peg Murray

Ellen Rogers

William Newman

William Newman

Ezra Morgan

Alan North

Alan North

Albert Pass

Raynor Scheine

Raynor Scheine

Terrance Madden

Tom Harvey

Tom Harvey

Warren Alexander

Alf Humphreys

Alf Humphreys

Ken Yablonski

Joseph Kell

Joseph Kell

Chip Yablonski

Ken Pogue

Ken Pogue

Earl Skidmore

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves

Buddy Martin

Marc Strange

Marc Strange

Pete

Chuck Shamata

Chuck Shamata

Millard Atler

Elena Kudaba

Martha

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