The Molly Maguires

The Molly Maguires is a 1970 drama, directed by Martin Ritt, that tells the story of an operative who goes undercover as a coal mine worker in order to thwart a supposed terrorist plot. James McParlan (Richard Harris) is a detective who is hired by mine owners to infiltrate a local coal mining organization which he is warned is actually an underground terrorist clan. The miners are mostly Irish like McParlan, so he tells a story which leads the other miners to believe he is a new worker coming from another town and he quickly gains the trust of miners' leader, Jack Kehoe (Sean Connery). As he continues to work, McParlan soon begins to see that the miners are not trying to cause trouble, but rather protesting wretched working conditions. The miners have acted out with violence and even murder as a way of having their voice known, but the mine owners have given McParlan the impression that their plan is something more sinister. The detective soon finds himself in an inner battle with himself concerning whether to report what the owners want to hear or band with his new friends to report what he has actually witnessed. The Molly Maguires is based on a true story. MORE [EDIT]

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Release Date: 1970

Duration: 2:05:00

Director: Martin Ritt

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