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Titolo originale: The Molly Maguires
Regia: Martin Ritt |
Anno: 1970
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Storia Thriller
Tag: based on novel or book | undercover | pennsylvania, usa | irish-american | secret society | based on true story | co-workers relationship | sabotage | coal mining | barroom brawl | 19th century | coal miner |
Cast: Sean Connery | Richard Harris | Samantha Eggar | Frank Finlay | Anthony Zerbe | Bethel Leslie | Art Lund | Anthony Costello | Philip Bourneuf | Brendan Dillon | Frances Heflin | John Alderson | Malachy McCourt | Susan Goodman | Tom Jones | Karen Machon | John Orchard | George Petrie |

Nel 1876, in Pennsylvania, alcuni minatori fondano il gruppo terrorista Molly Maguires per combattere contro la società mineraria con azioni di sabotaggio e punizioni, nel tentativo di migliorare la loro condizione…

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Richard Harris enjoyed working with Sir Sean Connery on this movie and said he was the one of the fe [...] D
Eckley, Pennsylvania (now Eckley Miners Village) is only ten miles from the Stockton Mine accident s [...] D
The title refers to a secret nineteenth century Pennsylvania group of Irish immigrant coal miners, w [...] D
The first word of dialogue in this movie was not heard until the fourteen minute and fifty-one secon [...] D
This movie was a notorious flop after it was released in 1970, earning back a little over 10% of its [...] D
Filmed in the early summer of 1968. D
According to cinematographer James Wong Howe, director Martin Ritt wanted to shoot this movie in bla [...] D
Publicity for this movie, at the time of first release, stated that the movie featured, running at f [...] D
Martin Ritt blamed this movie's massive critical and commercial failure for permanently damaging his [...] D
This is amongst the last movies shot by legendary two-time Oscar-winning cinematographer James Wong [...] D
This movie was released six years after its source book "Lament for the Molly Maguires" by Arthur H. [...] D
Anthony Zerbe appeared in the James Bond movie "Licence to Kill" (1989). D
The movie was based on a true story. D
Though a main character, and one of the first to be introduced, Jack Kehoe (Sir Sean Connery) does n [...] D
According to Shane R. Burridge's IMDb review for this movie, the real-life Molly Maguire person "was [...] D
Debut theatrical movie of Art Lund (Frazier). D
Hazleton, Pennsylvania is the closest city to where the movie was shot. Richard Harris was known for [...] D
In the same year that Richard Harris made this movie, 1968, he also recorded and released his second [...] D
The nickname of "The Molly Maguires" was "The Mollies". D
Richard Harris and Sir Sean Connery sport mustaches in this movie. D
Eckley holds "Patchtown Days" where the town is transformed to look like the time of the movie. D
The two leads have played King Arthur on-screen, Sir Sean Connery in Il primo cavaliere (1995), and [...] D
Richard Harris insisted on "first" billing, so the three main actors names share the same screen sho [...] D
During filming, Sir Sean Connery and Richard Harris became good friends. Harris later agreed to play [...] D
Eckley, Pennsylvania is often described as a "coal patch" town. D
Average Shot Length = ten seconds. D
The Breaker, General Store, and central railroad strip in front of the General store are some of the [...] D
The place and year in which the movie is set is Pennsylvania in 1876. D
This was first announced as a major "MGM" production in 1965. D
The real Jack Kehoe was not a miner, but the owner of a saloon, The Hibernia House. His descendants [...] D
When this turned out to be one of the biggest box-office bombs of Sir Sean Connery's career (on an i [...] D
The film was named Picture of the Month for February 1970 by Seventeen Magazine. D
Richard Harris demanded - and got - first billing above the title, while Sir Sean Connery received s [...] D
Richard Harris and Sean Connery both played King Richard the Lionheart In Robin Hood movies - Harris [...] D
The picture got nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction, but failed to win. D
The fake alias that undercover operative James McParlan (Richard Harris) used was James McKenna. D
Many people live in the houses of Eckley Miners Village. They have modern comforts, but cannot show [...] D
Jack Kehoe was pardoned in 1979, by Governor Milton Shapp. D
The big fight between Richard Harris and Art Lund had their heights and weights at 6'3", fifteen sto [...] D
At the time the movie was made and released, publicity for it stated that, at four hundred feet, the [...] D
Sir Sean Connery plays a real-life character named Jack Kehoe. Years later, Connery appeared with ac [...] D
"The Valley Of Fear", one of four Sherlock Holmes novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is loosely based [...] D
The two leads were played by an Irishman (Richard Harris) and a Scotsman (Sir Sean Connery). D
Most of this movie was shot in Eckley, Pennsylvania. "Paramount Pictures" saved the town from being [...] D
Richard Harris and Sir Sean Connery were 37 years old during filming. D
One of two 1970 movies directed by Martin Ritt. The other picture was Per salire più in basso (19 [...] D

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