The Luddites
Documentary
Drama
History
June 23, 1988
0h 51m
Director: Richard Broad
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
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