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The Molly Maguires

Rating:No Rating
Genre:Drama
Release Date:January 1, 1970
Running time:124 minutes
Cast:Richard Harris, Sean Connery, Samantha Eggar, Frank Finlay
Director:Martin Ritt
Writer:Walter Bernstein

Description: 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 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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