***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** I have just this minute finished watching this film and come on-line! Wow! I follow the films of Cheryl Ladd, she is a favourite actress of mine and this was the first new one to me in quite a while.
A fantastic performance by Cheryl, such a strong willed woman Maggie Telford is! Forced into working in the mines to support her son and her now unable to work father. There is a case of sexual harassment, the fact her co-workers don't want a woman on their team, her church turning their back on her... Co-worker Spinner is easy to dislike, that's the idea! Deke, we grow to like as he eventually supports Maggie. And Maggie's small romantic interest, Ward, I found very likeable.
My one line summary is the most important quote from the film, I think, when early in the film Maggie is told by the only other female worker she needs "buddies" when she's down in the mines. And at the end of the film she wins back her job and more importantly the respect of the men.
Cheryl shines in this, a highly enjoyable film. :)
A fantastic performance by Cheryl, such a strong willed woman Maggie Telford is! Forced into working in the mines to support her son and her now unable to work father. There is a case of sexual harassment, the fact her co-workers don't want a woman on their team, her church turning their back on her... Co-worker Spinner is easy to dislike, that's the idea! Deke, we grow to like as he eventually supports Maggie. And Maggie's small romantic interest, Ward, I found very likeable.
My one line summary is the most important quote from the film, I think, when early in the film Maggie is told by the only other female worker she needs "buddies" when she's down in the mines. And at the end of the film she wins back her job and more importantly the respect of the men.
Cheryl shines in this, a highly enjoyable film. :)
