Tumbledown

Tumbledown

115 mins | Drama, War, TV Movie | May 29, 1988

The film centres on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC (played by Colin Firth), an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, Lawrence is shot in the head by an Argentine sniper, and left paralysed on his left side. He then must learn to adjust to his new disability.

Tumbledown

115 mins | Drama, War, TV Movie | May 29, 1988

Tumbledown
The film centres on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC (played by Colin Firth), an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, Lawrence is shot in the head by an Argentine sniper, and left paralysed on his left side. He then must learn to adjust to his new disability.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers BBC
Original title Tumbledown
Directors Richard Eyre
Writers Charles Wood

Cast

Colin Firth

as Robert Lawrence

Paul Rhys

as Hugh MacKessac

David Calder

as John Lawrence

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

as Jean Lawrence

Rupert Baker

as Nick Lawrence

Jack Fortune

as Christopher Lawrence

Sophie Thompson

as Louise Stubbs

Roddy Maude-Roxby

as George Stubbs

Ann Bell

as Helen Stubbs

Dan Hildebrand

as Prothero

Mark Williams

as Lumpy

Paul Higgins

as Saltemarsh

Timothy Carlton

as Lt. Colonel Bill Kirke

Pete Postlethwaite

as Major (Rehabilitation Centre)

Angela Morant

as Major Newman

Tam Dean Burn

as Sergeant Brodick

Ian Michie

as Fraser

Stewart Porter

as O'Rourke

Mark Wing-Davey

as Adjutant Stewart Inglis

Robin Daglish

as Major Peter Walsh

Andrew McCulloch

as Padre Major Alistair Tolly

Edward Rawle-Hicks

as Lt. Peter Fyshe

Charles Millham

as The Noble Lord

Ben Cole

as Harry Hebers

Clive Russell

as Terry Knapp

James Griffiths

as Surgeon

David Conville

as Brigade Officer

Edwin Richfield

as Group Captain

Brian Hall

as Squadron Leader Wentworth

Charles Lamb

as Elderly Man

Richard Owens

as RAF Officer

Arbel Jones

as Welsh Lady

Sean Scanlan

as Welsh Man

Tony Caunter

as Air Commodore

Iain McColl

as Colour Sergeant

Edward Lyon

as Lt. Colonel RAMC

Victoria Hasted

as Nurse Wendy

Murray Ewan

as CSM Brown

Wendy Nottingham

as Mrs Prothero

Andrew Livingston

as Young Doctor

Maggie McCarthy

as Nurse Mary

Sharon D. Clarke

as 1st Night Nurse

Leila Bertrand

as 2nd Night Nurse

Liza Tarbuck

as Angie

Felicity Montagu

as Trisha

Roy Spencer

as Hospital Chaplain

Winston Crooke

as Benny

Steven Law

as Cabby

Alan White

as Yeoman Warder

George Irving

as Tug

Serena Gordon

as Phyllida

Francisco Morales

as Argentinian Soldier

Martin Garfield

as Argentinian Soldier