The Luddites (1988)
The Luddites (1988)
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 Steven Alvey As: Henry Smith
Ray Armstrong Ray Armstrong As: Militia Sargent
Dicken Ashworth Dicken Ashworth As: William Thorpe
David Becalick David Becalick As: George Meller
Jim Bywater Jim Bywater As: William Cartwright
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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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Certification: U

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Genres: Documentary, Drama, History

Language: English

Release Date: 23 June 1988

Country: GB

Runtime: 51m

Company Credits

Company: Thames Television

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Cast

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

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Simon Kosoff

Simon Kosoff

Cinematography

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