Norman Yarborough

饰：Himself - Eastover Mining President

Houston Elmore

饰：Himself - UMW organizer

Phil Sparks

饰：Himself - UMW staff

John Corcoran

饰：Himself - Consolidated Coal President

约翰·奥莱利

John O'Leary

饰：Himself - former Bureau of Mines director

Donald Rasmussen

饰：Himself - Blackwing Clinic, WV (as Dr. Donald Rasmussen)

Hawley Wells Jr.

饰：Himself (as Dr. Hawley Wells Jr.)

Tom Williams

饰：Himself - Boyle campaigner

Chip Yablonski

饰：Himself

Ken Yablonski

饰：Himself

Logan Patterson

饰：Himself - negotiator

Harry Patrick

饰：Himself - UMW secretary-treasurer

Mike Trbovich

饰：Himself - UMW VP

Bernie Aronson

饰：Himself - UMW staff

Guy Farmer

饰：Himself - BCPA General Counsel

Nimrod Workman

饰：Himself

Bessie Lou Cornett

饰：Herself

Jerry Wynn

饰：Himself - miner

Bob Davis

饰：Himself - miner

Lois Scott

饰：Herself

Joe Dougher

饰：Himself - miner

Jerry Johnson

饰：Himself - miner

Sudie Crusenberry

饰：Herself

Dorothy Johnson

饰：Herself

Betty Eldridge

饰：Herself

Ron Curtis

饰：Himself - miner

Bill Doan

饰：Himself - miner

Phyllis Boyens

Phyllis Boyens

饰：Herself

Florence Reece

饰：Herself

E.B. Allen

饰：Himself

Jim Thomas

饰：Himself

Mickey Messer

饰：Himself

Nanny Rainey

饰：Herself

Tom Pysell

饰：Himself

Tommy Fergerson

饰：Himself

Bill Worthington

饰：Himself

Crystal Fergerson

饰：Herself

Barry Speilberg

饰：Himself

Polly Jones

饰：Herself

Diane Jones

饰：Herself

Otis King

饰：Himself

Mary Lou Fergerson

饰：Herself

W.A. 'Tony' Boyle

饰：Himself

Basil Collins

饰：Himself - mine foreman

Carl Horn

饰：Himself

Lawrence Jones

饰：Himself - shooting victim

John L. Lewis

饰：Himself (archive footage)

Arnold Miller

饰：Himself

William Simon

饰：Himself

Richard Trumka

饰：Himself

Billy G. Williams

饰：Himself - Harlan County sheriff

Joseph Yablonski

饰：Himself (archive footage)

芭芭拉·卡颇

Barbara Kopple

饰：Herself

Frieda

饰：Self