The Luddites

Overview

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.

Details

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

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