Released by Paramount Pictures

Credits:
Director: Martin Ritt
Producers: Martin Ritt and Walter Bernstein
Written by: Walter Bernstein, suggested by a book by Arthur H. Lewis
Director of Photography: James Wong Howe
Editor: Frank Bracht
Music: Henry Mancini
Running Time: 125 minutes

Cast:

Jack Kehoe: Sean Connery

James McParlan: Richard Harris
Mary Raines: Samantha Eggar

Davies: Frank Finlay
Dougherty: Anthony Zerbe

Mrs. Kehoe: Bethel Leslie
Frazier: Art Lund

Genre:

Drama

Synopsis:

Life is rough in the coal mines of 1876 Pennsylvania. 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 to infiltrate the group and report on its members. But on which side do his sympathies lie?

Release Date (USA):

1970

Academy Awards:

Nominated for 1 Oscar (Best Art Direction - Set Decoration)

Budget:

$11m

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