Summary
Coal Miner’s Daughter is an American film first released in 1980,
directed by Michael Apted.
The film stars Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm, Phyllis Boyens and Bill Anderson Jr..
Our overall rating for this film is: very good.
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Credits
- Director: Michael Apted
- Script: Loretta Lynn, Thomas Rickman, George Vecsey
- Photo: Ralf D. Bode
- Cast: Sissy Spacek (Loretta Lynn), Tommy Lee Jones (’Mooney’ Lynn), Levon Helm (Ted Webb), Phyllis Boyens (’Clary’ Webb), Bill Anderson Jr. (Webb child), Foister Dickerson (Webb child), Malla McCown (Webb child), Pamela McCown (Webb child), Kevin Salvilla (Webb child), William Sanderson (Lee Dollarhide), Sissy Lucas (Loretta Mooney’s child), Pat Patterson (Loretta’s child), Brian Warf (Loretta Mooney’s child), Elizabeth Watson (Loretta Mooney’s child), Beverly D’Angelo (Patsy Cline), Robert Elkins (Bobby Day), Bob Hannah (Charlie Dick), Ernest Tubb (Himself), Jennifer Beasley (Patsy Lynn), Jessica Beasley (Peggy Lynn), Susan Kingsley (Girl at fairgrounds), Michael Baish (Storekeeper), David Gray (Doc Turner), Royce Clark (Hugh Cherry), Gary Parker (Radio station manager), Billy Strange (Speedy West), Bruce Newman (Opry stage manager), Grant Turner (Opry announcer), Frank Mitchell (Washington neighbor), Merle Kilgore (Cowboy at Tootsie’s), Jackie Lynn Wright (Redhead at Tootsie’s), Rhonda Rhoton (Lizzie), Vernon Oxford (Preacher), Ron Hensley (John Penn), Doug Bledsoe (Cowboy at Grange Hall), Aubrey Wells (Red Lynn), Russell Varner (Bidder at pie auction), Tommie O’Donnell (Teacher at pie auction), Lou Headley (Teacher at pie auction), Ruby Caudill (Teacher at pie auction), Charles Kahlenberg (Business manager), Alice McGeachy (Woman with doll), Ken Riley (Road manager), Jim Webb (Bus driver), Dave Thornhill (The Coal Miner’s Band), Don Ballinger (The Coal Miner’s Band), Zeke Dawson (The Coal Miner’s Band), Gene Dunlap (The Coal Miner’s Band), Durwood Edwards (The Coal Miner’s Band), Chuck Flynn (The Coal Miner’s Band), Lonnie Godfrey (The Coal Miner’s Band), Bob Hempker (The Coal Miner’s Band), Danny Faircloth (The Patsy Cline Band), Charles Gore (The Patsy Cline Band), Doug Hauseman (The Patsy Cline Band), Mike Noble (The Patsy Cline Band), Daniel Sarenana (The Patsy Cline Band), Billy West (The Patsy Cline Band), Brad Baker (Miner)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 125 min
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