Drama ·TV Movie ·History · United States of America · 1984 · 1h 58m

The Killing Floor

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Director
Bill Duke
Cast
Damien Leake as Frank Custer Alfre Woodard as Mattie Dennis Farina as Supervisor Ernest Rayford as Thomas Joshua Moses Gunn as Heavy Williams Clarence Felder as Bremer
Crew
William Birch — Director of Photography Elizabeth Swados — Original Music Composer Leslie Lee — Writer Elsa Rassbach — Story
Synopsis

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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Key Collaborators
Bill Duke Director William Birch Director of Photography Elizabeth Swados Original Music Composer Leslie Lee Writer Elsa Rassbach Story
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