The Luddites (1988)
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.
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Steven Alvey
as Henry Smith
as Henry Smith
Ray Armstrong
as Militia Sargent
as Militia Sargent
Dicken Ashworth
as William Thorpe
as William Thorpe
David Becalick
as George Meller
as George Meller
Jim Bywater
as William Cartwright
as William Cartwright
Charles Collingwood
as David Ricardo
as David Ricardo
Jeannie Crowther
as Mrs Armitage
as Mrs Armitage
David Fleeshman
as Enoch Taylor
as Enoch Taylor
Stephen Frost
as William Hinchcliffe
as William Hinchcliffe
Peter Geeves
as Poor Law Officer
as Poor Law Officer
John Graham
as Edward Baines
as Edward Baines
Alexander John
as Narrator
as Narrator
Norman Mann
as Surgeon
as Surgeon
Anthony Milner
as William Horsfall
as William Horsfall
Henry Moxon
as Home Secretary
as Home Secretary
Victoria O'Keefe
as Anne Bamforth
as Anne Bamforth
Stephen Petcher
as Ben Walker
as Ben Walker
Neil Phillips
as John Bamforth
as John Bamforth
Joanna Phillips-Lane
as Mary Bamforth
as Mary Bamforth
John Ringham
as Joseph Radcliffe
as Joseph Radcliffe
Allan Surtees
as John Baines
as John Baines
Raymond Witch
as Prison Chaplin
as Prison Chaplin
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Simon Kosoff
Cinematography
Cinematography
Richard Broad
Director
Director
Taylor Downing
Producer
Producer
Julia Lisney
Casting
Casting
