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(Credited cast)| Miles Halliwell | ... | Gerrard Winstanley | |
| Jerome Willis | ... | General Lord Fairfax | |
| Terry Higgins | ... | Tom Haydon | |
| Phil Oliver | ... | Will Everard | |
| David Bramley | ... | Parson Platt | |
| Alison Halliwell | ... | Mrs. Platt | |
| Dawson France | ... | Capt. Gladman | |
| Bill Petch | ... | Henry Bickerstaffe | |
| Barry Shaw | ... | Colonel Rich | |
| Sid Rawle | ... | Ranter | |
| George Hawkins | ... | Coulton | |
| Stanley Reed | ... | Recorder | |
| Philip Stearns | ... | Drake | |
| Flora Skrine | ... | Mrs. Drake | |
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| Phil Dunn | ... | Commune member | |
| Pat Kearney | ... | Commune member | |
| David Meeker | ... | Extra Uncredited | |
| Anthony Sloman | |||
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Referenced in It Happened Here Again (1976)
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Wonderful film. Cinematogaphy is brilliant. Story is one long overdue in telling (few people knew of the diggers prior to this film, outside of a small alternative community). Memorable scenes, such as the crossroads confrontation between the Puritan parson and Winstanley. The battle scenes at the start are artfully, sparingly, and convincingly drawn.
Winstanley himself may come off as a bit saintly, but he's nonetheless compelling, and a good choice for the role (he was a schoolteacher by trade and amateur actor). The attention to historical detail borders on the fanatical, and is well worth watching. And much of the dialogue is drawn from actual writings of Winstanley himself.