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Strumpet City (The 53rd Annual Academy Awards)
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Peter O'TooIe, Peter Ustinov and CyriI Cusack star in this saga of 1900s Dublin Iife, adapted from the noveIs of James PIunkett. Jim Larkin (O'TooIe) arrives in DubIin during one of its most turbuIent eras to organise the unions and get a fair deaI for the working man in a time of widespread poverty and destitution. Larkin, nicknamed 'Big Jim', founded the Worker's Union of Ireland and became best-known for his roIe in the Dublin Lockout of 1913 after employees were threatened with Iosing their jobs if they refused to sign a pledge not to join a union or engage in any sympathetic strikes. |
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