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The Molly Maguires

Directed by Martin Ritt

Starring Sean Connery, Richard Harris

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.