Anthony Zerbe, Frank Finlay, Richard Harris

In 1876, a secret society of immigrant Irish coal miners called the Molly Maguires terrorize the mines in eastern Pennsylvania. The group is infiltrated by company detective James McParlan, who gets a...( read more  read more... ) job as a miner and courts a local girl. When some of the Mollies attempt to sabotage a mine, McParlan alerts the police. McParlan's girlfriend rejects him for his duplicity and his testimony results in conviction and death sentences for the Mollies'.

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PG, 2 hrs. 4 min.

Directed by: Martin Ritt

Release Date: January 1, 1970

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DVD Release Date: April 27, 2004

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  • June 23, 2006
    When this film made its now famous failure in the box office, Paramount Pictures had just been bought out by Gulf Western Industries in 1966 and were looking for a bold new direction in the studio. Needless to say, these kinds of results were not satisfactory and it was no surpri...( read more)se by then that the awards were not flowing as they had only decades before.

    Regardless of certain exceptions (Godfather I & II, Harold and Maude and last but not least, Nashville) they began to fall and films like this were of the cause. Though ambitious, full of lively dialogue and strong performances - it is an average reproduction of the American Irish gangs and the long since abandoned issues of the mining obstacles for the immigrants.

    With no side to chose from as every character seems more or less rotten and chaotic, the film simply does not have an audience nor a real genre to acquire thus it floats abyss in the Hollywood vaults of forgotten failures, sometimes also considered the hall of 'could-have-been-greats'.
  • July 31, 2009
    Mostly just plain grim.
  • April 17, 2009
    it was a very boring movie.
  • November 15, 2008
    it was the greatest movie i ever watched!!
  • October 27, 2008
    wow i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a pretty powerful movie 2 watch...this has got a brilliant cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...i think that sean connery was brilliant throughout this movie....its got a really good story line throu...( read more)ghout this movie...i think that even though this was a flop at the movies/box office flop its still worth a watch 2 day...i think that the director of this Drama, Classics movie had done a really good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie its a really good Drama, Classics movie 2 watch
  • May 23, 2008
    a gritty, realistic drama that was very underrated at the time. makes you think differently of sean connery. features some nice symbolic cinematography too. never goes for the jugular, but very solid all around.
  • September 1, 2006
    Very good - Sean Connery does so well in this film on the Irish settlers in America - Harris is once again, the best any actor could possibly be in taking his role.

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