
The Luddites
1988 · Movie · 51m
DocumentaryDramaHistory
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.
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Key crew
- Richard BroadDirector
Cast
- Steven AlveyHenry Smith
- Ray ArmstrongMilitia Sargent
- Dicken AshworthWilliam Thorpe
- David BecalickGeorge Meller
- Jim BywaterWilliam Cartwright
- Charles CollingwoodDavid Ricardo
- Jeannie CrowtherMrs Armitage
- David FleeshmanEnoch Taylor
- Stephen FrostWilliam Hinchcliffe
- Peter GeevesPoor Law Officer
- John GrahamEdward Baines
- Alexander JohnNarrator
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Themes
industrial unresttextile industryperiod dramapolitical protestprotestorsgeorgian or regency eraeconomic inequalityluddites























