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- 1970
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 4 m
- 1970
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 4 m
Summary In the Pennsylvanian coal mines of 1876, a group of Irish immigrant workers begin to retaliate against the cruelty of their work environment.
Directed By: Martin Ritt
Written By: Arthur H. Lewis, Walter Bernstein
- 1970
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 4 m
- 1970
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 4 m
The Molly Maguires
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Summary In the Pennsylvanian coal mines of 1876, a group of Irish immigrant workers begin to retaliate against the cruelty of their work environment.
Directed By: Martin Ritt
Written By: Arthur H. Lewis, Walter Bernstein
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
62
50% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
50% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Ritt's film does not follow predictable lines, nor does it tidy up the personalities it examines. In the end, that unflinching honesty lends the The Molly Maguires pertinence and power. [08 Apr 1993, p.21]
Though dully directed and a bit prettified by Martin Ritt, James Wong Howe's outdoor Pennsylvania vistas often combine
stirringly with Henry Mancini's score. [26 Jul 1996, p.3D]
The film cannot compare with John Ford's masterpiece about coal miners, How Green Was My Valley. However, it does offer some memorable moments of quality and passion.
Ritt takes his time in building the atmosphere and introducing the people, and lets an image stay on the screen until we take it in. The movie is impressive yet lifeless.
Dour script but sterling performances from the two male leads, this is basically watchable if you're interested in the subject.
The trouble, as so often with Ritt films, is that the situation remains interesting rather than involving. But at least this detachment means that one has the leisure to savour the textures of Wong Howe's magnificent camerawork.
Realism without much reality, enormous care for the wrong details, historical accuracy and spineless dramaturgy, The Molly Maguires vacillates among intentions and settles finally for ponderous spectacle and easy irony.
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Fotogramas de Plata
• 1 Nomination
