In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.
Charles Bronson
as Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski
Ellen Burstyn
as Margaret Yablonski
Wilford Brimley
as Tony Boyle
Hoyt Axton
as Silous Huddleston
Robert Schenkkan
as Paul Gilly
Ellen Barkin
as Annette Gilly
Maury Chaykin
as Claude Vealey
Caroline Kava
as Charlotte Yablonski
Peg Murray
as Ellen Rogers
William Newman
as Ezra Morgan
Alan North
as Albert Pass
Raynor Scheine
as Terrance Madden