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The Molly Maguires   1970         PG, 125 min. Genre: Drama Director: Martin Ritt   Cast: Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Zerbe, Art Lund, Frank Finlay, Bethel Leslie, John Alderson, Anthony Costello, Philip Bourneuf, Brendan Dillon, Frances Heflin, Malachy McCourt, Susan Goodman, Chuck Hicks   This film is based on the true story of Irish emigrants who settled in Pennsylvania and worked in coal mines during the 1800s. The miners form a secret group, the "Molly Maguires" whose aim is to correct abuse in the mines. Jack Kehoe (Sean Connery) serves as their leader, and sabotage and murder are how they fight the mine owners. The owners hire Pinkerton detective James McParlan (Richard Harris) to go undercover, infiltrate the Molly Maguires, and report on their activities. McParlan does get first-hand information and begins to understand that the Molly Maguires are protesting truly miserable conditions and exploitation in the mines. Now, McParlan's loyalties become divided between the mine owners who hired him and the struggling miners. Cast Sean Connery Jack Kehoe Richard Harris Detective James McParlan Samantha Eggar Miss Mary Raines Anthony Zerbe Tom Dougherty Art Lund Frazier Frank Finlay Davies Bethel Leslie Mrs. Kehoe John Alderson Jenkins Anthony Costello Frank McAndrew Philip Bourneuf Father O`Connor Brendan Dillon Mr. Dan Raines Frances Heflin Mrs. Frazier Malachy McCourt Bartender Susan Goodman Mrs. McAndrew Chuck Hicks Policeman