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Black Fury is a american film of genre Drama directed by Michael Curtiz released in USA on 18 may 1935 with Paul Muni
Black Fury (1935)
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Add to a movie listBlack Fury is a 1935 American crime film starring Paul Muni, Karen Morley, and William Gargan. It was adapted by Abem Finkel and Carl Erickson from the short story "Jan Volkanik" by Judge Michael A. Musmanno and the play Bohunk by Harry R. Irving. Directed by Michael Curtiz, the plot is based on a historic incident in 1929 in Pennsylvania, in which Mike Shemanski, a striking coal miner, was beaten to death by private company police.
In 1936, at the 8th Academy Awards, Muni was not officially nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, but he came in second on the basis of write-in votes, which were allowed that year.
In 1966, Musmanno published a novel version of the screenplay. It was published as Black Fury.
Synopsis
Set in Pennsylvania coal country, the film tells the story of Joe Radek, a miner who has come from immigrants. Upset after an argument with his girlfriend, he drinks and attends a union meeting, where he acts as a catalyst to splitting the radical and conservative factions; they decide to go out on strike. During violence by the Coal and Iron Police, his best friend is killed.Actors
Paul Muni
(Joe Radek)
Karen Morley
(Anna Novak)
William Gargan
(Slim Johnson, Company Policeman)
Barton MacLane
(McGee)
John Qualen
(Mike Shemanski)
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