The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
In August 1913 a strike at a Cornish clay pit leads to Welsh police being sent to keep order. Having no other source of income, a striking miner is forced to take in one of the policemen as a lodger. They soon become friends, but escalating tension at the mine means that conflict will become inevitable.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Jack GoldDirector
- Tom ClarkeWriter
- Carl DavisOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gareth ThomasHerbert Griffin
- Bryan MarshallManuel Stocker
- Jane LapotaireAlice Stocker
- Tony CaunterVincent
- Malcolm TierneyRev. Booth Coventry
- Dominic AllanGlamorgan Sergeant
- William MooreEngine Man
- Angela BillingStocker Child
- Barry HawkenStocker Child
- Harry LittlewoodClay Worker
- Michael BeintCornish Supt.
- Don McKillopCornish PC