Paul Muni became a Warner Brothers star, working with Bette Davis in the 1930s. Here, he's a worker in the coal mines, where working conditions are pretty rough. When the bosses push them harder and harder, and things are so unsafe, the workers decide to try to do something about it. Muni is Radek, who's having terrible luck in his home-life, so he pours his energy into fighting for worker rights. of course the bosses push back, and things get pretty violent when the replacement workers are brought in. Directed by Michael Curtiz, who was nominated numerous times in the 1930s and 1940s. Curtiz won one of the three Oscars given for Casablanca. none for Black Fury, but it's pretty good. some violence.
Review of Black Fury
