Black Fury (1935)

Directed by

Michael Curtiz

Genre

drama film, romance film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A coal miner gets caught up in a violent strike where private company police target the workers. The story follows one man's struggle as the conflict turns deadly.

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What happens

Black Fury is a 1935 American crime film directed by Michael Curtiz, and 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. The plot is based on a historic incident during a Pennsylvania walk-out in 1929, in which John Barkowski, 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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