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The Molly Maguires
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792197423
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Surround Sound, Digital Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 0792197429
Label: Paramount
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Paramount
MPN: D069054D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 27, 2004
Running Time: 124 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 1970
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Editorial Review:
An expensive box-office flop when released in 1970, The Molly Maguires can now be appreciated as a compelling drama with potent political undertones. The talent involved is first-rate all the way: In addition to the volatile teaming of Sean Connery and Richard Harris on opposite sides of a Pennsylvania miners' war, director Martin Ritt and screenwriter Walter Bernstein were at the height of their Hollywood powers, determined to give viewers a visceral, grittily authentic drama about the exploitation of Irish immigrant miners in the centennial America of 1876. Connery's secret gang, the Molly Maguires, retaliates by destroying mines and equipment; Harris infiltrates the group as an informer hired by the coal-company owners, leading to his inevitable crisis of conscience. Pub brawls and manly action give the film its meat-and-potatoes appeal, and discerning viewers will appreciate the story's careful pacing and moral ambiguity; ironically, those qualities were blamed for the film's commercial failure. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Portrait of the cruel labor conditions in 19th century America
I have been a union man all my life, as was my father and mother who was the daughter of a mine worker from Eastern Europe.
The Molly Maguires shows an accurate picture of the hard life these people faced and how the mine owners schemed to keep them poor and virtual slaves in company towns. Sean Connery and Richard Harris, along with Samantha Eggar and other Celtic actors do a fine job of showing how the workers pushed back against their mine-owner masters. The media of the time called ... Read More
Rating: - ACTOR RICHARD HARRIS PORTRAYS JAMES MCKENNA WHO INFILTRATED MY GRANDFATHER JOHN MCKENNA'S GRANDFATHER PATRICK MCKENNA'S FAMILY
This movie is slow moving and grimly realistic. Although it
was unsuccessful during its original Hollywood release it is an
accurate rendition of the life of coal miners in 1800's Pennsylvania.
The Molly Maguires were an immigrant Irish terrorist group
who were concentrated in such coal mining locations as Carbon and Schuylkill and a few other counties throughout Pennsylvania in the 1860's and 1870's.
Sean Connery dominated early James Bond movies so thoroughly ... Read More
Rating: - The Molly Maguires Movie
This is an extrodinary movie about the coal region in Pennsylvania. It has a kind of history background because there really were Molly Maguires in the mines. And my neighbor knew about them because he is from Ireland, where the Molly Maguires supposedly came from.
Rating: - The Molly Maguires
The Molly Maguires is a film that depicts the history of one of the most notorious and infamous secret societies in history. Many have criticized the film and the content used in it. However, the real truth is that much of the film was edited down from what was originally shot. The film was taken in part by a book written by Arthur Lewis, which, at the time, was the foremost piece of literature available on the subject. To this day, the Molly Maguire mystery/story has scholars and everyday people debating ... Read More
Rating:  - Disappointing..
Very disappointing account of the Irish immigration experience -- poorly written, unclear, with bad acting. Surely a great actor like Sean Connery must want to forget about this one! A better option...The History Channel's DVD on the Molly Maguires offers a clear, interesting presentation of the story.
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