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18 May 1935 (USA)
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An immigrant coal miner finds himself in the middle of a bitter labor dispute between the workers and the mine owners. | add synopsis
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Coal Miner
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Pennsylvania
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Tear Gas
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Force
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Nominated for Oscar.
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Black Fury- Incisive Labor Film ***
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Paul Muni | ... | Joe Radek |
 | Karen Morley | ... | Anna Novak |
| William Gargan | ... | Slim Johnson, Company Policeman |
| Barton MacLane | ... | McGee |
| John Qualen | ... | Mike Shemanski (as John T. Qualen) |
| J. Carrol Naish | ... | Steve Croner (as J. Carroll Naish) |
| Vince Barnett | ... | Kubanda |
| Tully Marshall | ... | Tommy Poole |
| Henry O'Neill | ... | John W. Hendricks |
| Joseph Crehan | ... | Johnny Farrell (as Joe Crehan) |
 | Mae Marsh | ... | Mrs. Mary Novak |
| Sara Haden | ... | Sophie Shemanski (as Sarah Haden) |
| Willard Robertson | ... | Mr. J.J. Welsh |
| Effie Ellsler | ... | Bubitschka |
| Wade Boteler | ... | Mulligan |
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94 min
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Mike's murder was based on an actual strike case in which a miner was killed by three company policemen.
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Spoofed in Porky's Party (1938)
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Young and Healthy
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The fabulous Paul Muni gives another wonderful performance in this 1935 film.
With a genuine Slavic accent, Muni is superb as a coal miner who loses his girl (Karen Morley) to a company Policeman and goes on a drinking binge as a result. It is at this point that a gangster organization tries to create chaos within the union and Muni becomes their perfect foil.
J. Carrol Naish is excellent as the worker who works for this unholy organization.
Naturally, Muni's best friend is killed in a clash with company police and Muni, now sober, vows revenge.
Morley returns to Muni just in time as he goes down into the mine and starts blowing the place up. It's at this point that the film starts to go down, but with Muni's performance and the problems shown of what the coal miners had to endure plus the dishonesty in trying to break the union, all make for a very good film.