The Uprising
2026 · History · Drama
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Film / 1984
The Killing Floor
Directed by
Bill Duke
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Damien LeakeFrank Custer
Alfre WoodardMattie
Dennis FarinaSupervisor
Ernest RayfordThomas Joshua
Moses GunnHeavy Williams
Clarence FelderBremer
Mary AliceLilah Dean
Cynthia BakerEmma
Gerry BeckerMeyer
Wanda ChristineWoman in Bar
Nathan DavisJudge Alschuler
Henryk DerewendaJohn Kikulski
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Phillip EastJoe Hodges
Paul EatonJohn Spriggs
Jason GreenFrank Custer Jr.
Stephen McKinley HendersonJames Cheeks
Gene JansonDennis Lane
Richard Lavin
Ted LevinePoliceman
John MahoneyThomas Condon
Patrick NugentJack Johnstone
James O'ReillyJohn Fitzpatrick
Ward OhrmanSecretary of Labor
Jeris PoindexterLonnie
Barbara RedlinskiMichalina Michora
Frank RiceDewitt Washington
Rob RileyNelson Morris
Vernon R. SchwartzJimmy O'Rourke
Miklos SimonMichora
Connie SzerszenHysterical Woman
Wally TaylorRobert Bedford
Letitia TooleMrs. Bethea
James ValloArmy Man
Bill BlairDock Security Guard (uncredited)
Mitch GoraNeighborhood Tough (uncredited)
Paula SladeMother (uncredited)
Robert MinkoffExtra (uncredited)
Damian EhrlicherImmigrant (uncredited)
Marie Preiser EhrlicherUnion House Immigrant (uncredited)
Richard EhrlicherUnion House Immigrant (uncredited)
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