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A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
Leeds United!
The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid the same as their male colleagues, but whose efforts were undermined by the trade union that they belonged to.
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Lynne Perrie Mollie
Elizabeth Spriggs Maggie
Lori Wells Sadie
Stan Stennett Joe Pike
Josie Lane Annie
Bert Gaunt Harry Gridley
Bernard Archard Managing Director, Blacks
Stanley Meadows Managing Director, Benthams
Peter Wallis Fred Packer
Peter Cellier Philip Stringer
Terence Frisby Raymond Boswell
Pat Wallis Rhona
Peter Russell Stan Lloyd
Christine Buckley Joan
Frances Goodall Peggy
John Comer Billy Crane
Martin Dempsey Union Regional Secretary
Duggie Brown Bus Conductor
George Silver Bent
Tony Heath Isaacs
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