Peterloo
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British cavalry charges into a crowd of 60,000 peaceful protesters demanding political reform at St Peter's Field, Manchester, in 1819.
Why watch: Mike Leigh's most uncompromisingly political film, two centuries later.
Cast
Rory Kinnear as Henry Hunt
Maxine Peake as Nellie
Pearce Quigley as Joshua
David Moorst as Joseph
Rachel Finnegan as Mary
Tom Meredith as Robert
Simona Bitmate as Esther
Robert Wilfort as Lord Liverpool, the Prime Minister
Karl Johnson as Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
Sam Troughton as Mr Hobhouse
Roger Sloman as Mr Grout
Kenneth Hadley as Mr Golightly
Tom Edward-Kane as Mr Cobb
Lizzy McInnerny as Mrs Moss
Alastair Mackenzie as General Sir John Byng
Crew
Mike Leigh — Director
Mike Leigh — Writer
Georgina Lowe — Producer
Dick Pope — Director of Photography
Jon Gregory — Editor
Gary Yershon — Original Music Composer
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