Stocker's Copper (1972)

8.0/10 86 min Drama History TV Movie

Overview

In August 1913 a strike at a Cornish clay pit leads to Welsh police being sent to keep order. Having no other source of income, a striking miner is forced to take in one of the policemen as a lodger. They soon become friends, but escalating tension at the mine means that conflict will become inevitable.

Cast

Gareth Thomas

Herbert Griffin

Bryan Marshall

Manuel Stocker

Jane Lapotaire

Alice Stocker

Tony Caunter

Vincent

Malcolm Tierney

Rev. Booth Coventry

William Moore

Engine Man

Don McKillop

Cornish PC

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