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.
Director
Martin Ritt
Writers
Walter Bernstein
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Budget
$11.0M
Revenue
$2.2M
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Keywords
based on novel or bookundercoverpennsylvania, usairish-americansecret societyoathbased on true storyco-workers relationshipmolesabotagechild laboririshmancoal mininggun shootingbarroom brawlworking conditionsretaliationirish immigrant19th centurycoal minerworker's rightslabor activistcompany townirish diaspora

































