The Luddites

0 %|Jun 23, 1988|Documentary, Drama, History

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.

Featured Crew

Taylor Downing

Producer

Simon Kosoff

Cinematography

Julia Lisney

Casting

Richard Broad

Director

Cast

Henry Smith

Militia Sargent

William Thorpe

George Meller

William Cartwright

David Ricardo

Mrs Armitage

Enoch Taylor

William Hinchcliffe

Poor Law Officer

Edward Baines

Narrator

Surgeon

William Horsfall

Home Secretary

Anne Bamforth

Ben Walker

John Bamforth

Mary Bamforth

Joseph Radcliffe

John Baines

Prison Chaplin