Joe Hill

1h 54min

Drama

In the early 1900s, 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 go 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.

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Sagittarius Productions

Bo Widerberg Film

Cast

Joel Miller

Joel Miller

Ed Rowan
Wendy Geier

Wendy Geier

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Liska March

Liska March

The Charity Woman
Karl I. Dambacher Jr.

Karl I. Dambacher Jr.

Townsperson (uncredited)
Frank Molinari

Frank Molinari

The Tenor (uncredited)

Release date

25th Aug 1971

Status

Released

Spoken languages

svenska, Italiano, English