The Molly Maguires

The Molly Maguires

They were called the Molly's.

1970120 min6.4 / 10

A tense historical thriller about Irish miners fighting corporate exploitation through sabotage and secret oaths, grounded in class struggle and the paranoia of infiltration.

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.

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