The Luddites

  • Movie
  • 1988
  • 51m
  • Documentary
  • Drama
  • History

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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Director
Richard Broad
Starring
Steven Alvey, Ray Armstrong, Dicken Ashworth, David Becalick

Cast

  • Steven Alvey

    Henry Smith

  • Ray Armstrong

    Militia Sargent

  • Dicken Ashworth

    William Thorpe

  • David Becalick

    George Meller

  • Jim Bywater

    William Cartwright

  • Charles Collingwood

    Charles Collingwood

    David Ricardo

  • Jeannie Crowther

    Mrs Armitage

  • David Fleeshman

    David Fleeshman

    Enoch Taylor

  • Stephen Frost

    Stephen Frost

    William Hinchcliffe

  • Peter Geeves

    Poor Law Officer

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