Act of Vengeance

Name: Act of Vengeance
Genre: Drama, Crime, TV Movie
Released: 1986-09-04
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 5.66

★ 5,7 /10 (25 Votes)

1986 EN 95 min

Overview

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

Release date

04/09/1986

Votes

Popularity

1.9

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

Genres

Drama Crime TV Movie

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

95 min

Charles Bronson

Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski

Ellen Burstyn

Margaret Yablonski

Wilford Brimley

Tony Boyle

Hoyt Axton

Silous Huddleston

Robert Schenkkan

Paul Gilly

Ellen Barkin

Annette Gilly

Maury Chaykin

Claude Vealey

Caroline Kava

Charlotte Yablonski

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Peg Murray

Ellen Rogers

William Newman

Ezra Morgan

Alan North

Albert Pass

Raynor Scheine

Terrance Madden

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Tom Harvey

Warren Alexander

Alf Humphreys

Ken Yablonski

Joseph Kell

Chip Yablonski

Ken Pogue

Earl Skidmore

Keanu Reeves

Buddy Martin

Marc Strange

Pete

Chuck Shamata

Millard Atler

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Elena Kudaba

Martha

Original Soundtrack

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Charles Bronson, mired in crappy B action flicks in the 1980's, decided to take this made-for-HBO flick to stretch his acting chops. He should have just made another "Death Wish" movie, instead. Based on a true story set in 1969, Bronson plays United Mine Workers union official Jock Yablonski. He fawns over union president Tony Boyle (Wilford Brimley), who is made out to be a ruthless crook immediately. As Jock and his wife Margaret (Ellen Burstyn) coast through life, a mine accident claims the lives of eighty people. Boyle arrives in the grieving West Virginia town and defends the coal co…

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