The Luddites

Synopsis

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.

Steven Alvey

Henry Smith

Ray Armstrong

Militia Sargent

Dicken Ashworth

William Thorpe

David Becalick

George Meller

Jim Bywater

William Cartwright

Charles Collingwood

David Ricardo

Jeannie Crowther

Mrs Armitage

David Fleeshman

Enoch Taylor

Stephen Frost

William Hinchcliffe

Peter Geeves

Poor Law Officer

John Graham

Edward Baines

Alexander John

Narrator