
Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Martin Ritt
- Writer
- Walter Bernstein
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $11,000,000
Cast
Anthony Costello
Anthony Zerbe
Art Lund
Bethel Leslie
Brendan Dillon
Frank Finlay
Philip Bourneuf
Richard Harris
Samantha Eggar
Sean Connery
Keywords
19th century
barroom brawl
based on novel or book
based on true story
co-workers relationship
coal miner
coal mining
irish-american
pennsylvania
usa
sabotage
secret society
undercover
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