Joe Hill
In the early 1900's, the legendary Joe Hill emigrates with his brother to the United States. But after a short time, he loses touch with his brother. Joe gets a few jobs but is struck by all the injustice and tragedy going on. He becomes active in the forbidden union IWW, a union for workers without trades. It is forbidden to demonstrate and to speak in public but Joe gets around that by singing his manifests with the Salvation Army. He manages to get more and more people to get on strike with him but he also makes powerful enemies doing that. Finally he gets connected with a murder and during the trial he fires his lawyer and takes upon himself to become his own defender.
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Biography, Drama, History
1971
114 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Joe Hill
- Duration : 114 min
- Languages : English, Swedish, Italian
- Writers : Steve Hopkins, Richard Weber, Bo Widerberg
- Directors : Bo Widerberg min
- Imdb : 7.1 (265 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.5 (182 votes)
- Actors : Thommy Berggren, Anja Schmidt, Kelvin Malave, Evert Anderson
Movie Storyline
In the early 1900's, the legendary Joe Hill emigrates with his brother to the United States. But after a short time, he loses touch with his brother. Joe gets a few jobs but is struck by all the injustice and tragedy going on. He becomes active in the forbidden union IWW, a union for workers without trades. It is forbidden to demonstrate and to speak in public but Joe gets around that by singing his manifests with the Salvation Army. He manages to get more and more people to get on strike with him but he also makes powerful enemies doing that. Finally he gets connected with a murder and during the trial he fires his lawyer and takes upon himself to become his own defender.