The Luddites
1988 | 51m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Richard Broad |
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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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 23, 1988 |
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| Director: | Richard Broad |
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| Genres: | Drama, History, Documentary |
| Keywords | textile industry, industrial unrest, period drama, political protest, protestors, georgian or regency era, economic inequality, luddites |
| Production Companies | Thames Television |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 04, 2025 Entered: May 03, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Steven Alvey | Henry Smith |
| Ray Armstrong | Militia Sargent |
| Dicken Ashworth | William Thorpe |
| David Becalick | George Meller |
| Jim Bywater | William Cartwright |
| Charles Collingwood | David Ricardo |
| Jeannie Crowther | Mrs Armitage |
| David Fleeshman | Enoch Taylor |
| Stephen Frost | William Hinchcliffe |
| Peter Geeves | Poor Law Officer |
| John Graham | Edward Baines |
| Alexander John | Narrator |
| Norman Mann | Surgeon |
| Anthony Milner | William Horsfall |
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
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| Julia Lisney | Casting |
| Simon Kosoff | Cinematography |
| Richard Broad | Director |
| Name | Title |
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| Taylor Downing | Producer |
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