An Enemy of the People (1978)

Directors

George Schaefer

Cast

Steve McQueen, Charles Durning, Bibi Andersson, Eric Christmas, Michael Cristofer, Richard A. Dysart, Michael Higgins

The story

Thomas Stockmann is a doctor and amateur scientist in a small, unnamed Norwegian town. The town is expecting a major boost in tourism due to the therapeutic powers of nearby springs, but Stockmann has discovered they are being polluted by waste from the town's tannery and will cause severe health problems. He writes an article for the local newspaper, the Messenger, exposing the contamination, but the staff is intimidated into stopping its publication by Stockmann's brother Peter, the town mayor.

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