The Molly Maguires were a society named after an earlier society formed during an Irish uprising against the British. The members of the earlier society used to travel from house to house dressed as women. (nicknamed Molly Maguire)
As usual Sean Connery gets it in the neck for playing an Irishman who speaks with a Scottish accent. What these critics would make of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, a Scotsman who spoke with an Irish accent, or myself, a Scotsman who speaks with an English accent, is anyone's guess. Maybe I just don't exist.
In fact all the cast play their roles well. The film is well directed. My only bone of contention is that we are never given a real insight into the sort of conditions that caused the formation of the Molly Maguires, nor are we really shown why they were so popular in the mining community.
As usual Sean Connery gets it in the neck for playing an Irishman who speaks with a Scottish accent. What these critics would make of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, a Scotsman who spoke with an Irish accent, or myself, a Scotsman who speaks with an English accent, is anyone's guess. Maybe I just don't exist.
In fact all the cast play their roles well. The film is well directed. My only bone of contention is that we are never given a real insight into the sort of conditions that caused the formation of the Molly Maguires, nor are we really shown why they were so popular in the mining community.