The Killing Floor

"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

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)

Crew

Bill Duke

Director

Leslie Lee

Writer

Elizabeth Swados

Original Music Composer

William Birch

Director of Photography

Elsa Rassbach

Story