The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979)

Directors

Mel Stuart

Cast

David Dukes, Tovah Feldshuh, Lauren Frost, Janet Margolin, Stacey Nelkin, Ted Wass, Stephanie Zimbalist, Tom Bosley, Charlotte Rae, Judith Bergan, Erica Yohn, Milton Selzer, Michael Mullins, Rhoda Gemignani, Larry Gelman, Lin Shaye, Naomi Stevens, Olivia Barash, Valerie Landsburg, Eric Mason

The story

On Friday, March 24, 1911, the Triangle factory workers, who labored on the eighth, ninth and tenth floor of a supposedly fire-safe building, are shown working in unsafe conditions on the eighth floor. A hanging light above four sewing machines keeps going out, and the electrical wires are smoking. A seamstress stands up, taps on the metal light shade, and the light comes back on, but Mr.

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