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Matewan (1987)

Mary McDonnell: Elma Radnor

Matewan

Mary McDonnell credited as playing...

Elma Radnor

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  • Elma Radnor: I was putting up blackberries when Trammel Blankenship came shoutin' up the holler that the Number 5 had blown. I remember I took the pot off the stovetop and washed my hands before I went down. It took two days to dig through. And then when they brung 'em up, you couldn't tell which was which. They found blood on the walls from fellas trying to claw their way out. Mrs. Elkins, Mrs. Mounts, Bridey Mae, me... we all lost our men in that fire. Danny were seven then. Now he's back in that same hole.
  • Elma Radnor: He said he got his licks in. Seems to be all the men around here care about. Wives and kids are starving, so long as they get their licks in.
  • Elma Radnor: Look, mister, don't act the lamb with me. What's your business here?
  • Elma Radnor: I don't want you using Danny on no crazy union business.
  • Joe Kenehan: A man has to stand up for what he believes in.
  • Elma Radnor: Danny ain't no man.
  • Bridey Mae: He likes me, I can tell.
  • Luann: How?
  • Bridey Mae: I just know men, that's all.
  • Elma Radnor: That'd make a cat laugh.
  • Bill Hickey: Where's all our other friends tonight, Miss Elma? They get tired of the chuck or what?
  • Tom Griggs: I think that old biddy went on strike, laid down her teeth in protest.
  • Elma Radnor: They're just particular about who they eat with.
  • Bill Hickey: What about you, Miss Elma? Are you particular?
  • Elma Radnor: If Stone Mountain didn't hold the lease here you two wouldn't...
  • Tom Griggs: If Stone Mountain didn't hold the lease, you'd be peddling poontang down in Cinder Bottom, so just shut your mouth about it.

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