movie poster for THE MOLLY MAGUIRES

Flicks ID

7299

Cert

PG

Running time

120 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

THE MOLLY MAGUIRES (1970)

MARTIN RITT

Plot

The Molly Maguires was the name given to a group of 1880s Irish Catholic Pennsylvanian miners, who may, or may not, have been involved in acts of terror in the US, but who were certainly the victims of such as the largely Protestant mine-owners organised against the impoverished workers and crushed all resistance. This film pits two fellow Irishmen against each other, the leader of the group and a fellow Irish Pinkerton sent to infiltrate them, each justifying to themselves their action and each... on the way to hell.