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Kentucky Woman (film)

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Kentucky Woman
GenreDrama
Written byWalter Doniger
Directed byWalter Doniger
StarringCheryl Ladd
Ned Beatty
Theme music composerGeorge Romanis
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerWalter Doniger
Production locationsMartin County, Kentucky (coal mine)
Paintsville, Kentucky
CinematographyRobert C. Jessup
EditorRobert Watts
Running time96 min.
Production companies20th Century Fox Television
CBS Entertainment Production
Walter Doniger Productions
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseJanuary 11, 1983 (1983-01-11)

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

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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).

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