The Killing Floor

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The Killing Floor

1984

1h 58m

7.3(3 votes)

Drama

TV Movie

Overview

During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement.

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40 members

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Damien Leake

Frank Custer

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Alfre Woodard

Mattie

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Dennis Farina

Supervisor

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Ernest Rayford

Thomas Joshua

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Moses Gunn

Heavy Williams

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Clarence Felder

Bremer

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Mary Alice

Lilah Dean

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Cynthia Baker

Emma

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Gerry Becker

Meyer

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Wanda Christine

Woman in Bar

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Nathan Davis

Judge Alschuler

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Henryk Derewenda

John Kikulski

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Phillip East

Joe Hodges

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Paul Eaton

John Spriggs

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Jason Green

Frank Custer Jr.

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Stephen McKinley Henderson

James Cheeks

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Gene Janson

Dennis Lane

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Richard Lavin

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Ted Levine

Policeman

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John Mahoney

Thomas Condon

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Patrick Nugent

Jack Johnstone

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James O'Reilly

John Fitzpatrick

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Ward Ohrman

Secretary of Labor

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Jeris Poindexter

Lonnie

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Barbara Redlinski

Michalina Michora

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Frank Rice

Dewitt Washington

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Rob Riley

Nelson Morris

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Vernon R. Schwartz

Jimmy O'Rourke

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Miklos Simon

Michora

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Connie Szerszen

Hysterical Woman

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Wally Taylor

Robert Bedford

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Letitia Toole

Mrs. Bethea

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James Vallo

Army Man

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Bill Blair

Dock Security Guard (uncredited)

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Mitch Gora

Neighborhood Tough (uncredited)

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Paula Slade

Mother (uncredited)

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Robert Minkoff

Extra (uncredited)

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Damian Ehrlicher

Immigrant (uncredited)

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Marie Preiser Ehrlicher

Union House Immigrant (uncredited)

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Richard Ehrlicher

Union House Immigrant (uncredited)

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