The Luddites

Plot

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.

  • Richard Broad

    Director

  • Steven Alvey

    Henry Smith

  • Ray Armstrong

    Militia Sargent

  • Dicken Ashworth

    William Thorpe

  • David Becalick

    George Meller

  • Jim Bywater

    William Cartwright

  • David Fleeshman

    Enoch Taylor

  • Peter Greeves

    Poor Law Officer

  • Anthony Milner

    William Horsfall

  • Stephen Frost

    William Hinchcliffe

  • Henry Moxon

    Home Secretary

  • Victoria O'Keefe

    Anne Bamforth

  • Stephen Petcher

    Ben Walker

  • Neil Phillips

    John Bamforth

  • Joanna Phillips-Lane

    Mary Bamforth

  • John Ringham

    Joseph Radcliffe

  • Allan Surtees

    John Baines

  • Raymond Witch

    Prison Chaplin

  • Runtime

    51 minutes

    Released

    1988-06-23

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Thames Television

    Updated

    1383 days ago

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