The Killing Floor

7.3

118 minutes

4/10/1984

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.

Cast List

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
Mary Alice
as Lilah Dean
Cynthia Baker
as Emma
Gerry Becker
as Meyer
Wanda Christine
as Woman in Bar
Nathan Davis
as Judge Alschuler
Henryk Derewenda
as John Kikulski
Phillip East
as Joe Hodges
Paul Eaton
as John Spriggs
Jason Green
as Frank Custer Jr.
Stephen McKinley Henderson
as James Cheeks
Gene Janson
as Dennis Lane
Richard Lavin
Ted Levine
as Policeman
John Mahoney
as Thomas Condon
Patrick Nugent
as Jack Johnstone
James O'Reilly
as John Fitzpatrick
Ward Ohrman
as Secretary of Labor
Jeris Poindexter
as Lonnie
Barbara Redlinski
as Michalina Michora
Frank Rice
as Dewitt Washington
Rob Riley
as Nelson Morris
Vernon R. Schwartz
as Jimmy O'Rourke
Miklos Simon
as Michora
Connie Szerszen
as Hysterical Woman
Wally Taylor
as Robert Bedford
Letitia Toole
as Mrs. Bethea
James Vallo
as Army Man
Bill Blair
as Dock Security Guard (uncredited)
Mitch Gora
as Neighborhood Tough (uncredited)
Paula Slade
as Mother (uncredited)
Robert Minkoff
as Extra (uncredited)
Damian Ehrlicher
as Immigrant (uncredited)
Marie Preiser Ehrlicher
as Union House Immigrant (uncredited)
Richard Ehrlicher
as Union House Immigrant (uncredited)