Stocker's Copper

Stocker's Copper

86 mins | Drama, History | Jan. 20, 1972

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.

Stocker's Copper

86 mins | Drama, History | Jan. 20, 1972

Stocker's Copper
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.
Producers BBC
Original title Stocker's Copper
Directors Jack Gold
Writers Tom Clarke

Cast

Gareth Thomas

as Herbert Griffin

Bryan Marshall

as Manuel Stocker

Jane Lapotaire

as Alice Stocker

Tony Caunter

as Vincent

Malcolm Tierney

as Rev. Booth Coventry

Dominic Allan

as Glamorgan Sergeant

William Moore

as Engine Man

Angela Billing

as Stocker Child

Barry Hawken

as Stocker Child

Harry Littlewood

as Clay Worker

Michael Beint

as Cornish Supt.

Don McKillop

as Cornish PC