The Killing Floor (1984)
1h 58m
Running Time
April 10, 1984Release Date
The Killing Floor (1984)
1h 58m
Running Time
April 10, 1984Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Damien Leake
Frank Custer
Alfre Woodard
Mattie
Dennis Farina
Supervisor
Ernest Rayford
Thomas Joshua
Moses Gunn
Heavy Williams
Clarence Felder
Bremer
Mary Alice
Lilah Dean
Cynthia Baker
Emma
Gerry Becker
Meyer
Wanda Christine
Woman in Bar
Nathan Davis
Judge Alschuler
Bill Duke
Director
Henryk Derewenda
John Kikulski
Phillip East
Joe Hodges
Leslie Lee
Writer
Paul Eaton
John Spriggs
Jason Green
Frank Custer Jr.
Elsa Rassbach
Writer
Stephen McKinley Henderson
James Cheeks
George Manasse
Producer
Gene Janson
Dennis Lane
Elizabeth Swados
Composer
William Birch
Cinematographer
John Carter
Editor
Ted Levine
Policeman
Jane Alderman
CastingDirector
Jane Alderman
CastingDirector
John Mahoney
Thomas Condon
Patrick Nugent
Jack Johnstone
Shelley Andreas
CastingDirector
James O'Reilly
John Fitzpatrick
Ward Ohrman
Secretary of Labor
Maher Ahmad
ProductionDesigner
Jeris Poindexter
Lonnie
Barbara Redlinski
Michalina Michora
Frank Rice
Dewitt Washington
Rob Riley
Nelson Morris
Vernon R. Schwartz
Jimmy O'Rourke
Miklos Simon
Michora
Connie Szerszen
Hysterical Woman
Wally Taylor
Robert Bedford
Letitia Toole
Mrs. Bethea
James Vallo
Army Man
Bill Blair
Dock Security Guard (uncredited)
Mitch Gora
Neighborhood Tough (uncredited)
Paula Slade
Mother (uncredited)
Richard Lavin
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The Killing Floor is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film directed by Bill Duke which highlights the plights of workers fighting to build an interracial labor union in the meatpacking industry in the years leading up to the Chicago race riot of 1919. The film debuted on PBS via the American Playhouse series on April 10, 1984 and was produced by Public Forum Productions, an independent company founded by the film's writer Elsa Rassbach. The teleplay was later adapted by Leslie Lee. In July 2021, the film was shown in the Cannes Classics section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.