Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 154 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
The story
An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reforms and protest against rising levels of poverty.
- based on true story
- massacre
- period drama
- british history
- historical drama
- 19th century
- manchester
- england
- 1810s
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Rachel Finnegan — Mary
- Tom Meredith — Robert
- Simona Bitmate — Esther
- Robert Wilfort — Lord Liverpool, the Prime Minister
- Karl Johnson — Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
- Sam Troughton — Mr Hobhouse
- Roger Sloman — Mr Grout
- Kenneth Hadley — Mr Golightly
- Tom Edward-Kane — Mr Cobb
- Lizzy McInnerny — Mrs Moss
- Alastair Mackenzie — General Sir John Byng
- Directed
- Mike Leigh
- Written
- Mike Leigh
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 160 ratings
- Studio
- Film4 Productions, Lipsync Productions, Thin Man Films, BFI
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
