Dramatically portraying the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, the film reveals the conditions of virtual slavery which persisted throughout the Middle Ages, and the weaknesses of the feudal system; its oppressive tax structure, its cruelty and its social inequality
Cast
Patrick Allen
Commentator
Anthony Hopkins
Wat Tyler
Keith Skinner
Richard II
Christopher Logue
John Ball
David Markham
Archbishop of Sudbury
Mike Pratt
Jack Straw
Edward Fox
Sir John Newton
Guy Doleman
Mayor of London
Norman Gay
Commissioner of Taxes
Michael Brennan
Father
Eamonn Boyce
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Leon Collins
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Andrew Dallmeyer
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Francis Ghent
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Crawford Lyall
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Geoffrey Morris
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Shivaun O'Casey
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Neville Phillips
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David Robb
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Leslie Schofield
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Peter Thornton
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