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The Molly Maguires was an Irish 19th-century secret society active in Ireland, Liverpool, and parts of the eastern United States, best known for their activism among Irish-American and Irish immigrant coal miners in Pennsylvania.
The Molly Maguires is a 1970 American historical drama film directed by Martin Ritt, starring Sean Connery and Richard Harris. It is based on the 1964 book Lament for the Molly Maguires by Arthur H. Lewis.
May 24, 1970 · The Molly Maguires: Directed by Martin Ritt. With Richard Harris, Sean Connery, Samantha Eggar, Frank Finlay. In 1876 Pennsylvania, a group of Irish immigrant coal miners begin to retaliate against the cruelty of their work environment.
Mar 1, 2016 · Between 1861 and 1875, a series of violent assaults, arsons and murders was blamed on a secret society of Irish immigrants known as the Molly Maguires.
Molly Maguire, an Irish widow, in the 1840s, protested against English landlords who tried to steal peoples land. She headed a group called the “Anti-landlord Agitators” who were best known for getting in bare knuckle fights with their landlords in order to maintain their land and their dignity.
A secret group of Irish immigrant miners known as the Molly Maguires fights against the cruelty of the mining company with sabotage and murder. A detective, also an Irish immigrant, is hired to infiltrate the group and report on its members.
The Molly Maguires. A Pennsylvania company plants a spy (Richard Harris) among an Irish coal miner's (Sean Connery) secret society of saboteurs. Rent The Molly Maguires on Fandango at Home,...
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Feb 1, 2013 · A secret group of Irish emigrant miners, known as the Molly Maguires, fights against the cruelty of the mining company with sabotage and murder. A detective, also an Irish emigrant, is hired...
The Molly Maguires (1970) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
In 1876 the Molly Maguires, a secret society of immigrant Irish coal miners terrorizing the eastern Pennsylvania anthracite belt, are infiltrated by company detective James McParlan, who poses as fugitive murderer James McKenna.
