Act of Vengeance is a 1986 television movie

Television movie

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 starring Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson

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, Ellen Burstyn

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, and Keanu Reeves

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Overview

The movie is based on the book by Trevor Armbrister, Act of Vengeance. It was premiered on April 20, 1986. It is a fact-based story about the corruption that occurred during the United Mine Workers

United Mine Workers

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' presidential elections in 1969.

See also

Act of Vengeance is also the title of a suspense thriller by African-American author, Millicent Y. Hodge.