

Working Man
2019-02-02 · 109 min · ★ 7.0
When the last factory in a small Rust Belt town closes its doors, an unlikely hero emerges in dutiful, quiet Allery Parkes. A career employee of the factory, the aging Allery can't reconcile how to live a life simply sitting at home doing nothing. Against the advice and pleas of his loving wife Iola, he forms an unlikely friendship with his charismatic neighbor Walter Brewer in order to revive the defunct factory.
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- Directors
- Robert Jury
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- United States of America
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Peter GeretyAllery Parkes
Billy BrownWalter Brewer
Talia ShireIola Parkes
J. Salome MartinezBenny Mendez
Patrese McClainCecilia Brewer
Bobby RichardsStan Gordman
Kirsten FitzgeraldMarg Maldonna
Mike BrunliebRoger Hendriksen
Barbara E. RobertsonBonnie
Matthew RussellBrandon the Local Reporter
Bea CordeliaCheck-Out Clerk
Marc GrapeyUnemployment Line Man
Bradley Grant SmithPastor Mark
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