The Molly Maguires
- Drama
- History
- Thriller
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1876. A secret society of Irish coal miners, bond by a sacred oath, put pressure on the greedy and ruthless company they work for by sabotaging mining facilities in the hope of improving their working conditions and the lives of their families.
- Directed by
- Martin Ritt
- Written by
- Walter Bernstein
- Based on
- Arthur H. Lewis
Cast
- Sean Connery
Richard Harris- Samantha Eggar
- Frank Finlay
- Anthony Zerbe
- Bethel Leslie
- Art Lund
- Anthony Costello
- Philip Bourneuf
- Brendan Dillon
- Frances Heflin
- John Alderson
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- 19th century
- based on true story
- secret society
- pennsylvania, usa
- undercover
- irish-american
- sabotage
- mole
- irishman
- co-workers relationship
- irish immigrant
- irish diaspora
- child labor
- retaliation
- oath
- gun shooting
- coal miner
- worker's rights
- coal mining
- company town
- working conditions
- barroom brawl
- labor activist
Hombre
Paris Blues
Sounder
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
The Long, Hot Summer
Hud