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The Killing Floor (1984) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1984 · 118 mins · English
- Directed by
- Bill Duke
- Starring
- Alfre Woodard, Ted Levine, Damien Leake, Mary Alice, John Mahoney, Moses Gunn
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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