Black Fury

Black Fury (1935)

The savage of "Bordertown" dynamites his way into the heart of humanity!

A simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and management.

Date of release
1935-05-18
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (26)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Drama
Director
Michael Curtiz

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

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.

Production

Pennsylvania state legislator and former coal miner Michael Musmanno acted to ban the private Coal and Iron Police after the murder of miner John Barkoski in Imperial, Pennsylvania, in 1929. Later he wrote a short story about the incident changing the name of the miner to "Jan Volkanik." Musmanno's story and the play Bohunk by Harry R. Irving (1894–1960) were adapted for the film in a screenplay written by Abem Finkel and Carl Erickson.

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