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The Union

19811h 15mMovie

A dramatised impression of the events surrounding the Electrical Trades Union ballot rigging case of the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Drama
TV Movie

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Cast

Ian HoggLes Cannon
Susan KodicekOlga Cannon
Nigel StockHarry Pollitt
Frank WindsorFrank Haxell
Tony SelbyFrank Chapple
Gabrielle DayeNellie Cannon
Jim WigginsJim Cannon
James GarbuttJohn Byrne
Frank WylieRobert McLennan
George RaistrickWalter Stevens
Reginald JessupFrank Foulkes
David BradleyCommunist speaker
Jeffrey SegalETU Member
Jiří StanislavCzech Man

Details

Director: Ronald Wilson
Writers: Tony Perrin
Release date: February 24, 1981
Runtime: 1h 15m
Original language: English

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Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault19967.6
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Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors20157.8
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