Film

The People’s Jack

197052m

Director: Barry Davis
Year: 1970

A musical version of the life of the 17th Century English radical politician, John Wilkes, who campaigned for the right for voters to determine their representatives, not the House of Commons.

Top cast

John Fraser

John Wilkes

Sam Dastor

Lord Boggis

Katherine Barker

Polly Wilkes

Zoe Hicks

The Nun

Maureen Lipman

Little Satin Bottom

William Simons

Moore

Richard Wilson

George III

André van Gyseghem

Lord Sandwich

Directed by

Barry Davis

Written by

Peter Wildeblood

Produced by

Gordon McDougall