"In the fight for equal rights, an ordinary woman achieves something extraordinary."

2010

1h 53m

6.7(348 votes)

Comedy

Drama

History

Overview

A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Sally Hawkins

Rita O'Grady

Bob Hoskins

Albert Passingham

Miranda Richardson

Barbara Castle

Geraldine James

Connie

Rosamund Pike

Lisa Hopkins

Andrea Riseborough

Brenda

Daniel Mays

Eddie O'Grady

Jaime Winstone

Sandra

Kenneth Cranham

Monty Taylor

Rupert Graves

Peter Hopkins

Creative team

Directed by: Nigel Cole
Written by: William Ivory
Produced by: Elizabeth Karlsen
Stephen Woolley

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