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The Luddites (1988)
Directed by Richard Broad
Documentary, Drama, History · 51m
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.
Cast
S
Steven Alvey
Henry Smith
R
Ray Armstrong
Militia Sargent
D
Dicken Ashworth
William Thorpe
D
David Becalick
George Meller
J
Jim Bywater
William Cartwright
Charles Collingwood
David Ricardo
J
Jeannie Crowther
Mrs Armitage
David Fleeshman
Enoch Taylor
Stephen Frost
William Hinchcliffe
P
Peter Geeves
Poor Law Officer
J
John Graham
Edward Baines
A
Alexander John
Narrator
Crew
- Director
- Richard Broad
- Producer
- Taylor Downing
Details
- Release date
- 1988-06-23
- Runtime
- 51m
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Thames Television