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The Luddites (1988)

Genre : Documentary, Drama, History

Runtime : 51M

Director : Richard Broad

Synopsis

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.

Actors

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

Crews

Taylor Downing
Taylor Downing
Producer
Simon Kosoff
Simon Kosoff
Cinematography
Julia Lisney
Julia Lisney
Casting
Richard Broad
Richard Broad
Director

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