The Machine Breakers (1957)
- Drama
- Family
Directed by: Barbara Hammond
Written by: Phyllis Bentley
A children's television drama series set in Yorkshire in the early 19th century. It is based on the story of the Luddites, a militant group of hand weavers who fearing for their trade smashed machinery in the new mechanized mills.
Cast & crew
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Anne ReidMary
Cavan KendallDick Bamforth
Peter HawkinsTom Thorpe
Patrick WestwoodBenjamin WalkerSimon MerrickGeorge MellorDavid HigsonWill OldroydStuart HutchisonJoe Bamforth
John BarrieMr. Oldroyd
Peter HughesConstableJohn FosterSowden
John BarrettForeman of JuryBruno BarnabeTopping, Counsel for Prosecution