The Molly Maguires

The Molly Maguires (1970)

1970-02-08 · 120 min · Rating 6.31/10 (81 votes)

They were called the Molly's.

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1876. A secret society of Irish coal miners, bond by a sacred oath, put pressure on the greedy and ruthless company they work for by sabotaging mining facilities in the hope of improving their working conditions and the lives of their families.

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19th century barroom brawl based on novel or book based on true story child labor co-workers relationship coal miner coal mining company town gun shooting irish diaspora irish immigrant irish-american irishman labor activist mole oath pennsylvania, usa retaliation sabotage secret society undercover worker's rights working conditions

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