Act of Vengeance (1986)

PG-1309/04/1986Drama, Crime, TV Movie1h 35m
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His was an act of defiance. Theirs was an act of vengeance.

Overview

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

  1. Cast 1

    Charles Bronson

    Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski

  2. Cast 1

    Ellen Burstyn

    Margaret Yablonski

  3. Cast 1

    Wilford Brimley

    Tony Boyle

  4. Cast 1

    Hoyt Axton

    Silous Huddleston

  5. Cast 1

    Robert Schenkkan

    Paul Gilly

  6. Cast 1

    Ellen Barkin

    Annette Gilly

  7. Cast 1

    Maury Chaykin

    Claude Vealey

  8. Cast 1

    Caroline Kava

    Charlotte Yablonski

  9. Peg Murray

    Ellen Rogers

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...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

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