The Molly Maguires
1970 · Movie · 123 min. · United States
An expensive box-office flop when released in 1970, The Molly Maguires can now be appreciated as a compelling drama with potent political undertones. The talent involved is first-rate all the way: In addition to the volatile teaming of Sean Connery and Richard Harris on opposite sides of a Pennsylvania miners' war, director Martin Ritt and screenwriter Walter Bernstein were at the height of their Hollywood powers, determined to give viewers a visceral, grittily authentic drama about the exploitation of Irish immigrant miners in the centennial America of 1876. Connery's secret gang, the Molly Maguires, retaliates by destroying mines and equipment; Harris infiltrates the group as an informer hired by the coal-company owners, leading to his inevitable crisis of conscience.
Direction Martin Ritt
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 · Malachy McCourt · Susan Goodman
Soundtrack Henry Mancini
Screenplay Walter Bernstein · Arthur H. Lewis
Cinematography James Wong Howe
Original title The Molly Maguires
6.8
1K votes (FilmAffinity)
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