The Luddites

Documentary 1988 · 51m

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The Luddites

In 1812 there were violent disturbances in Yorkshire when new machines were introduced into the wool industry. This film is an interpretation of those events made in the style of a documentary.

Cast

20 people

S Steven Alvey Henry Smith

R Ray Armstrong Militia Sargent

D Dicken Ashworth William Thorpe

D David Becalick George Meller

J Jim Bywater William Cartwright

Charles Collingwood David Ricardo

J Jeannie Crowther Mrs Armitage

David Fleeshman Enoch Taylor

Stephen Frost William Hinchcliffe

P Peter Geeves Poor Law Officer

J John Graham Edward Baines

A Alexander John Narrator

N Norman Mann Surgeon

Anthony Milner William Horsfall

H Henry Moxon Home Secretary

Victoria O'Keefe Anne Bamforth

S Stephen Petcher Ben Walker

N Neil Phillips John Bamforth

The Luddites

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