The Luddites (1988)
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.
Top billed cast
Full cast & crew →Steven Alvey
Henry Smith
Ray Armstrong
Militia Sargent
Dicken Ashworth
William Thorpe
David Becalick
George Meller
Jim Bywater
William Cartwright
Charles Collingwood
David Ricardo
David Fleeshman
Enoch Taylor
Jeannie Crowther
Mrs Armitage
Stephen Frost
William Hinchcliffe
Anthony Milner
William Horsfall
Peter Geeves
Poor Law Officer
John Graham
Edward Baines
Keywords
Period dramaGeorgian or regency eraTextile industryEconomic inequalityPolitical protestProtestorsIndustrial unrestLuddites
