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The Luddites (1988)

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Film details

Featuring

David Becalick Allan Surtees Dicken Ashworth
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1988
Genres

Drama-documentary Historical drama
Type

Television
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Film made as if it were a contemporary documentary about the Luddites, a group of Yorkshire men who banded together in 1812 in secret societies and destroyed the machines which were putting them out of work.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - cast member
    
    David Becalick
  - cast member
    
    Allan Surtees
  - cast member
    
    Dicken Ashworth
  - cast member
    
    Stephen Petcher
  - cast member
    
    Steven Alvey
  - cast member
    
    Neil Phillips
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Richard Broad
  - Production Company
    
    Thames Television (1968-1992)
  - Producer
    
    Taylor Downing
  - Photography
    
    Simon Kossoff

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