The Luddites (1988)
51m
Running Time
June 23, 1988Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Steven Alvey
Henry Smith
Ray Armstrong
Militia Sargent
Dicken Ashworth
William Thorpe
David Becalick
George Mellor
Jim Bywater
William Cartwright
Richard Broad
Director
Charles Collingwood
David Ricardo
Jeannie Crowther
Mrs Armitage
Simon Kossoff
Cinematographer
Stephen Frost
William Hinchcliffe
David Fleeshman
Enoch Taylor
Peter Geeves
Poor Law Officer
John Graham
Edward Baines
Alexander John
Narrator
Norman Mann
Surgeon
Anthony Milner
William Horsfall
Details.
This Movie Is About.
period drama
political protest
textile industry
industrial unrest
regency period
protestors
economic inequality
luddites