Black Fury

Black Fury is a 1935 crime film starring Paul Muni, Karen Morley and William Gargan. It was adapted from the short story "Jan Volkanik" by Judge Michael A. Musmanno and the play Bohunk by Harry R. Irving, based on a real-life 1929 incident in which John Barkoski, a striking coal miner, was beaten to death by company detectives. Muni was not officially nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, but came in second on the basis of write-in vote... more

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  • May 18, 1935

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  • 94 min (56 hs )

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Michael Curtiz

Michael Curtiz (December 24, 1886 - April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American filmmaker. He directed more than fifty films in Europe and more than one hundred in the United States. The best-known were The Adventures of Robin Hood, Angels with Dirty Faces, Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and White...

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